570 2gb or 580 1.5gn

[Drazn]

I am about to purchase a new system and am torn between these 2 cards. any incite would help me greatly. Thanks

 

[skipsneeky2]

I am about to purchase a new system and am torn between these 2 cards. any incite would help me greatly. Thanks

I was in the same boat as you but heck i went for a 6970 2gb as choice number one.

Maybe a 6950 2gb would be a good choice if you wanna gamble the chance of it unlocking to a 6970.

If money is no object maybe a 3gb gtx580 would work also .

 

[BrightCandle]

The 580 is the faster card. The memory doesn't really matter as long as you have enough (what resolution are you planning to use it at?) and the 1.5G on the 580 is enough to push modern games along. Of course there is a fairly large price difference, whether the performance gain is worth the price is up to you.

 

[Drazn]

Ill be running a single monitor at 1920 x 1200. I have had bad luck with ATI in the past. Their drivers really used to suck I dont knwo about now. So I was thinking about getting a 580 or getting a 570 and then another one later on which would be faster than the 580.

 

[mattdallastx]

I have dual 580's in SLI, but often run the primary by itself when SLI drivers are not available. in short. 580 all the way.

 

[MrK6]

Drivers are pretty much hit or miss from both companies with some pretty gnarly results. I think if you plan on going multi-card the scales would tip towards NVIDIA, but it doesn't seem like you are. In either case, if money is no object, the 580 without a doubt (fastest card out there). If money is a factor, 6950 2GB, it's been the best bang-for-your-buck for about a year.

 

[Drazn]

so how does the 570 compare to 580. I mean should I buy a 580 vs 570?

 

[toyota]

so how does the 570 compare to 580. I mean should I buy a 580 vs 570?

I assume you mean the the 570 2.5gb in your op. if you are spending that much then just get a gtx580 which will be faster in every case.

also what are the rest of your specs in detail including power supply?

 

[Drazn]

CM HAF-X
ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe or pro
Intel Core i7-2600K
Gskills Sniper 16GB DDR3 1600
EVGA GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 3GB
Antec High Current Pro HCP-1200 1200W
HITACHI Deskstar 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s (Maybe WD/Seagate)
Crucial M4 256GB (SSD)
CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

 

[toyota]

so this is something you are going to build or have now? where did the gtx580 3gb come from because you have not even mentioned that as being an option?

 

[Silverforce11]

Drivers are pretty much hit or miss from both companies with some pretty gnarly results. I think if you plan on going multi-card the scales would tip towards NVIDIA, but it doesn't seem like you are. In either case, if money is no object, the 580 without a doubt (fastest card out there). If money is a factor, 6950 2GB, it's been the best bang-for-your-buck for about a year.

Why would you say NV is superior with SLI? I dont see it from both companies record, they are doing ok for the most part.

They have had plenty of issues recently as well. AMD messed up with CF for Skyrim (which can be fixed via user tweaks or 3rd party software), thats about it. BF3 has great (better) CF scaling. Rage did not have CF support and did not need it given its 60 FPS cap, but it was fixed relatively quickly.

DA2 was a AAA title that sucked on NV hardware with crashes, texture bugs and no SLI support for a month. There's a huge thread on it here. So if we look at recent history, both companies have messed up but its an exception, for the most part, CF/SLI has been performing very well.

Overall, current gen AMD cards scale just as good or better than SLI. I don't see justification for your general statement.

OP: For 1080p, 1.5gb vram is fine and gtx580 are great overclockers compared to 570. Buy according to your budget.

 

[MrK6]

Why would you say NV is superior with SLI? I dont see it from both companies record, they are doing ok for the most part.

They have had plenty of issues recently as well. AMD messed up with CF for Skyrim (which can be fixed via user tweaks or 3rd party software), thats about it. BF3 has great (better) CF scaling. Rage did not have CF support and did not need it given its 60 FPS cap, but it was fixed relatively quickly.

DA2 was a AAA title that sucked on NV hardware with crashes, texture bugs and no SLI support for a month. There's a huge thread on it here. So if we look at recent history, both companies have messed up but its an exception, for the most part, CF/SLI has been performing very well.

Overall, current gen AMD cards scale just as good or better than SLI. I don't see justification for your general statement.

OP: For 1080p, 1.5gb vram is fine and gtx580 are great overclockers compared to 570. Buy according to your budget.

It's just in my general experience. To expand, I think multi-GPU with two cards from either company doesn't give an optimum experience (three cards are much better). However, in regards to my comment favoring NVIDIA, over the last six months or so they've been more consistent and timely with driver support and updates. I've maintained three different systems in the time, two CF and one SLI, and that's just been my experience. Also, I don't believe citing an example or two to the contrary in anyway makes a case, as neither company is perfect. Also note that this situation is very dynamic and it as well as my opinion of it very well could change in six months time.

 

[RussianSensation]

I am about to purchase a new system and am torn between these 2 cards. any incite would help me greatly. Thanks

Get a Z68 motherboard to hold you over and in January grab an HD7950/70. There is absolutely no reason to get either of the cards you listed with AMD launching HD7000 series within 2 months. GTX580 is rumored to get price cuts to $380 very soon as well. Why would you spend $450-500 on a videocard that will be obliterated in just 2 months?