Would a dual 580 not out do a single 680?
Yes. But, you are vram limited. Well, not as this post goes to press, but give it time. Speed of the GPUs won't count.
BF3 has been shown and proven to use upward of 1.5gb. Now obviously it doesn't go upward enough to hurt performance on a 1.5gb card but it does on a 1.2gb card.
We've irrefutably proven this as fact over the past three days. Even Nvidia themselves confirm it.
So do you think it's wise to invest £250 or more into this technology that could end up falling on its face with the next big PC title?
Or, would you rather sell the one you have for £200, put the same £250 up and buy a card that is a lot more future proof?
Some don't worry too much about vram. Some buy cards based on their overall speed and ignore most of everything else.
That's fine if you don't mind spending another £400+ in a year's time because your card happens to fall short on something as crucial as vram.
I own a 7970. It was a complete waste of money. However, given the chance do to it again? well, the chance doesn't come up often for me to be able to waste so much money, but given the chance again even now with the 680 out I would buy a 7950.
It has everything you could possibly
need.
It's very very rare for me to buy a PC part based on what I want. It's usually what I need.
And a 7950 in any game at 1080p has more than enough ability to deliver what you need it to.
Mind you, at 1080p so does the 580. So the smart solution is to wait until it no longer does, THEN spend money.
Adding to it won't help matters much, and I don't care how badly I get shot in flames for this, surround with 1.5gb is pushing it. You will not be maxing out BF3.
I guess it depends. If you want to spend some money for the sake of it? not for me to judge.
