580 -> 570?

[rossgreenlees]

long time lurker on the gpu forum but never posted was looking for some advice

at the mo ive got a zotac gtx 580, it runs everything i throw at it fine and it had me wondering, is this overkill for the res im playing at?

i usually run it to a 24 sammy monitor @ 1080x1920, occasionaly it'll get put on a 32 lcd tv which is only 720p, so was just wondering if i downgraded to the 570 would i notice any difference?

the plan was get the 570 and when it starts to struggle just go sli

thanks for any replies

Ross

 

[hybrid572]

Even the 570 is overkill at your res unless your monitor happens to be 120Hz, so you wouldn't notice any difference downgrading. Wouldn't recommend SLI as a future upgrade strategy though.

 

[rossgreenlees]

Even the 570 is overkill at your res unless your monitor happens to be 120Hz, so you wouldn't notice any difference downgrading. Wouldn't recommend SLI as a future upgrade strategy though.

na just 60 hz, not planning going 3d either as it seems to give me headaches

looks like the 570 it is

why not recommend sli?, thought support for it was better than it used to be?

 

[hybrid572]

Support is considerably better and gains are pretty much linear now, but the fact is that it doesn't represent great value for money. You need to buy a more expensive motherboard and PSU, you won't need to upgrade to SLI for a good 3-4 years, and you'll only get an extra 1-2 years before you need to replace it with brand new cards anyway. You're better off simply sticking with a single card, and then replacing that card with a newer, better one when it's no longer any good.

 

[rossgreenlees]

Support is considerably better and gains are pretty much linear now, but the fact is that it doesn't represent great value for money. You need to buy a more expensive motherboard and PSU, you won't need to upgrade to SLI for a good 3-4 years, and you'll only get an extra 1-2 years before you need to replace it with brand new cards anyway. You're better off simply sticking with a single card, and then replacing that card with a newer, better one when it's no longer any good.

so in the long run am i better sticking with the 580 will it last as long as two 570's would do ya think?

 

[Cleeecooo]

Two 570's are better but as you already have a 580 I would stick to that as you will be losing too much money downgrading for it to be worth it. Keep the 580 and upgrade to SLI in later years if you need to. You might find someone willing to do a trade eg a 570 and cash for your 580 but if not, just keep the 580.

 

[arc@css]

Stay with what you have imo. Not overkill unless you play nothing but Horace Goes Skiing.

 

[shadow_boxer]

As mentioned above both cards are more than adequate for your needs. I wouldn't bother downgrading unless you could sell the 580 for a decent price and get a good price on the 570. Even then I'd be tempted to go for a flashable rev. 1 6950 or GTX 560. Both will max 95% of games at your resolution. Better still would be a GTX 480, if you didn't mind the higher power consumption and heat/fan noise and overclock it. Yeah probably still overkill but much better value for money.

 

[Ecosse360]

The card you have wll be better in the long run. I would stick with that

 

[Defunkt]

long time lurker on the gpu forum but never posted was looking for some advice

at the mo ive got a zotac gtx 580, it runs everything i throw at it fine and it had me wondering, is this overkill for the res im playing at?

Your questioning on this subject is very valid. The short answer to "is it overkill" is yes.
As all the new GPU's at top-end are and, will continue to be until the next generation of consoles are released. All games are prevalent to what game developers are making for consoles and we know that the Xbox 360 and PS3 are ageing. As both Sony and Microsoft have no plans for new consoles any time soon the development and GPU power needed to run the latest games will be overkill on PC's at the top end like the 580.
The use of multi monitor set-ups is the only exception to this rule.