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ATI 6970 Vs 570 GTX

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Im looking to find which is best for 2x HD 1920x1080 monitors ATI 6970 Vs 570 GTX. Or if anyone can give me a better set-up it would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
 
Both will run two monitors absolutely fine and offer very similar performance. Reference GTX570's run slighlty cooler & quieter than reference 6970's, but there is really nothing between these cards.

My personal suggestion would be to get a 6950, which for ~£50 less will also offer very similar performance once it has been overclocked to 6970 levels.
 
Are you planning on playing games on 2 screens?

The best setup is either 1 or 3.

Not that a GTX 570 can't run 3 screens but a HD 6950 can.
 
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Note that surveyor made a typo above, he meant to say the 570 CAN'T do 3 screens :)

But yeah, you can game on two screens (not properly anyway)
I suggest you get a third in which case you'll need a 6950 or two Nvidia cards :)
 
I only have 2 screens and generally do have 2 games running on each screen. i don't see my upgrading to 3 screens, so which is the best option for just 2.
 
555BUK said:
Both will run two monitors absolutely fine and offer very similar performance. Reference GTX570's run slighlty cooler & quieter than reference 6970's, but there is really nothing between these cards.

My personal suggestion would be to get a 6950, which for ~£50 less will also offer very similar performance once it has been overclocked to 6970 levels.
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...but can't you overclock most GTX570's to close to GTX580 levels?
 
They are pretty much the same performance-wise. I'd lean towards the 6970 option because for the same money you get 2gb instead of 1.25gb of ram.
 
Mojo said:
They are pretty much the same performance-wise. I'd lean towards the 6970 option because for the same money you get 2gb instead of 1.25gb of ram.
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This, they both perform about the same, it's game dependant!

Snubber said:
...but can't you overclock most GTX570's to close to GTX580 levels?
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If the 6950 Toxic can overclock past 580 levels, why wouldn't a 6970?
Mileage varys on all the cards, it's pot luck.
 
For a single screen, usually I would consider the GTX570 superior due to better overclock ratio (GTX570 overclock from 732MHz to 855~905MHz is 17-24%, whereas the 6970 overclock from 880MHz is to 950~1000MHz is only 8~13.5%).

But for OP's scenerio of running two games simultaneously at the same time, I would say the extra VRAM would be more important than extra GPU grunt...so the 6970 would be a better choice. But I still think 6970 2GB is quite poor value considering the price point...it would probably be better to just get a 6950 2GB and save around £80, considering the 6970 is only a mere 3% faster than the 6950 on average when both cards are on the same clock speed.
 
Marine-RX179 said:
For a single screen, usually I would consider the GTX570 superior due to better overclock ratio (GTX570 overclock from 732MHz to 855~905MHz is 17-24%, whereas the 6970 overclock from 880MHz is to 950~1000MHz is only 8~13.5%).

But for OP's scenerio of running two games simultaneously at the same time, I would say the extra VRAM would be more important than extra GPU grunt...so the 6970 would be a better choice. But I still think 6970 2GB is quite poor value considering the price point...it would probably be better to just get a 6950 2GB and save around £80, considering the 6970 is only a mere 3% faster than the 6950 on average when both cards are on the same clock speed.
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True this, get a good clocking 6950 and you're laughing.
 
Ultimately, with all 3 cards overclocked the GTX570 will be a bit faster because it has signifciantly more overclocking headroom than the 6970. Most people can achieve an easy 100MHz on the GTX570, but 30-40MHz is all that 6970's provide without resulting to voltage tweaks. The 6970 is only the better card if you intend to use 3 monitors or game at very high resolutions where the additional 768MB frame buffer may help.

*At stock speeds the 570 and 6970 are equal - just buy the cheapest.
*With all 3 overclocked the 570 will be 5-10% faster - get the 570 if overclocking is your thing.
*For 3 monitors or 2500x1600 gaming get the 6970.
*For budget saviness get a 6950 and overclock it to 6970 speeds.

Just my opinion, based upon owning GTX570's, GTX480's and 6950's. They are all good cards and you cannot go wrong either.
 
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