2x560 v 580

[arcon33]

Right people which do you reckon will give best performance : a single gtx 580 or 2 560 in sli? or is there any benchmarks floating around showing this

 

[Its_Me]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-560-ti-sli-review/

 

[arcon33]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-560-ti-sli-review/

well thats the end of that discussion then lol thanks for the link

 

[MrElve]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-560-ti-sli-review/

+1

Dual GTX560 Ti's are more powerful than the GTX580, on 3DMark11 and performance. Get two of them for the same price of one 580 Just make sure your PSU can handle it XD

 

[arcon33]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-560-ti-sli-review/

in this article they are using a rig with core i7 which prob means the sli will be 16x16, if i were to use 560 in sli in a 1155 chipset will there be much of a difference in performance as 1155 only supports 8x8?

 

[bhavv]

Theres virtually no difference between 16x16 and 8x8.

 

[ghutchison14078]

Im considering this issue too.

I know that SLI 560's give higher FPS than a single 580 but I have 2 questions about this?

1) Does the fact that each 560Ti only has 1Gb of ram limit its future useability as more demanding games come out....I know that having 2 in SLI means you have 2Gb of combined VRAM but do games use this as effectively as one card with 1.5GB???

2) Are potential issues with SLI enough of a reason to get a single 580 instead???

 

[arcon33]

Theres virtually no difference between 16x16 and 8x8.

i heard there only a marginal difference, however its still bugs me when trying to decide what route to go down regarding a system build, do i spend aother £100-£200 for maybe 5%-10% more performance

 

[danewesley]

1) Does the fact that each 560Ti only has 1Gb of ram limit its future useability as more demanding games come out....I know that having 2 in SLI means you have 2Gb of combined VRAM but do games use this as effectively as one card with 1.5GB???

depends what res you play at, up to 1920 and you should be more better off with the 560's in sli, again i think sli wont be a problem, it is early days for the new drivers but things can only get better.