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2 x 560Ti or 1 x 580

Nick_H

Nick_H

Nick_H

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Mmmm... Looking at either for my new build :

2x

1GB EVGA GTX 560 Ti FPB, 40nm, 4104MHz GDDR5, GPU 850MHz, Shader 1700MHz, 384 Cores

or 1 x

1536MB Palit GTX 580, 40nm, 4020MHz GDDR5, GPU 783MHz, Shader 1544MHz, 512 Cores, DP/ HDMI/ DL DVI-I


The 2 560's work out about £392 and the Palit 580 at £366 so a £26 saving.

I'm enjoying Nvidia's 3D Vision. Would the 2 560's provide a better experience ?

Here's the rest of the system. Some bits still to purchase :

Case
Coolermaster Cosmos S - Purchased

MB
Undecided

Processor and Memory
Intel Core i5 2500K "Unlocked" 3.3Ghz Quad Core, 6Mb Cache - Purchased

Memory
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.50V - Purchased

PSU
Corsair 850W HX Modular PSU - 80plus Silver Certified Efficiency - Purchased

Cooler
Antec KUHLER H2O 620 CPU Liquid Cooler - To buy

Video
Undecided

Blu Ray
LG BH10LS30 - 10x Blu-Ray Writer & DVDRW - Retail Box - To buy

Monitor
NVIDIA Geforce 3D Vision Bundle - Asus VG236H 23" LCD + Nvidia 3D Glasses - Purchased
 
I went for the 560 sli personally, it is faster (by a fair bit) in most games than my friends system which is almost identical except he has a 580, it also allows triple monitor setups which is the main reason i went sli and also mine have more vram than a normal 580 with 2gb each. Not noticed any microstutter yet but a few games have a few little quirks with sli, not encountered anything really bad yet though

power consumption is ok'ish, idle around 160w and game load depends on vsync and 3D vision i've found. If a game is running with no vsync or is vsynced at 120fps (120hz monitor) then power will be like 500-530w but if say i run with 3d vision enabled or the game vsyncs at 60fps then power is more like 400-450w, thats with [email protected], gtx 560 2gb sli @900/4000, 7 hdd's and 6 case fans

plays everything in 3D butter smooth, black ops is quite the looker at 1080p, 3d, 4xaa @ 60fps, really looking forward to trying crysis 2 demo on tuesday :D
 
Thanks for that. Good advice and info. My system will probably have ( I hope ) a 64gb SSD and 4HD's.

Just been trawling around for info and it appears that the 2 560's would be better than the single 580 for 3D Vision and thats what concerns me about the single 580.

Looking at the SLI 560 benchmarks for Metro in 3D it looks the way to go especially as it would be sometime before I could justify a second 580 !

Also looks like my new Corsair HX 580 will do just nicely for 560 SLI.

Still not 100% sold though. Still looking for info and the cash for the card ( s ) lol !

Cheers bee for the excellent post pushing me toward 2 x 560's !

Another question. How does the SLI setup cope with older games. I enjoy the old flight sims like Il2. Would the SLI setup cause probs with older software ?

Is it possible to disable one card in software ?
 
AFAIK you can set one card for physx. I heard people doing it in mafia 2.
I doubt the old flight sims will b compatible. May e there r patches tho. Google it.
Why not get the dual memory 560s??? ( if u have the money!!!)
 
Money... Now their lies the problem lol ! So ANOTHER spanner in the works then. I'm going to be running at 1920x1080.

Looking now at the 570 which is 100 notes less than the cheapest 580. Is the 580 worh 100 quid extra.

Bit of a learning curve here lol
 
Dude, I am in the tangmere pilots. So play il2 intensley. I used to have 2x 7600 gso in ski and it worked very well. I didn't really find a game that sli didnt work well for.
560 Sli is quicker, don't worry too much about compatibilty. The drivers are excellent thhese days. They have to be!
 
Well i've decided and it may seem like a bit of a come down. I'm going to go for a single 560. It will save me the cash I need but give me the option of adding another later if needed for not much more cost.

Thanks for all the advice !
 
Nick_H said:
Well i've decided and it may seem like a bit of a come down. I'm going to go for a single 560. It will save me the cash I need but give me the option of adding another later if needed for not much more cost.

Thanks for all the advice !
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Good choice, they overclock very well too should you need a performance boost :)
 
Well even the Mrs is getting p##### off with me know going on about this all the time lol !

I've done a 180 again. Going for a GTX 580. Going to order tonight.

Now which one ...mmmm OH FFS !!!
 
Nick_H said:
Well even the Mrs is getting p##### off with me know going on about this all the time lol !

I've done a 180 again. Going for a GTX 580. Going to order tonight.

Now which one ...mmmm OH FFS !!!
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How about you get the single 560 which I'm sure will provide you with more than enough performance for now, then when the GTX 680 comes out at the end of the year you can upgrade to that and use your 560 for PhysX?
 
Good idea..... But.... This is the first time in about 20 years that I've been able to buy the best components I want without having to compromise... Might never get another chance !!
 
So. Ive just clicked the order button on .......

1280MB EVGA GTX 570 SC, 40nm, 3900MHz GDDR5, GPU 797MHz, Shader 1594MHz, 480 Cores, 2x DL DVI/ mHDMI

LOL !!! Saved myself £100 but with the option of adding another later :-)

Thanks for all the advice and help to all !
 
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