570gtx vs 6970

ExcessiveEvil · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:20

Initially I chose the 6970 to put in my new computer, but my friend mentioned the bad driver support in games for ATI cards, so now i'm having second thoughts. The 6970 seems to be the better card, unless i'm mistaken?

Will it matter too much if I get the 6970 over the 570gtx?

My budget for a card is about £280

Thanks!

Sgt Tackleberry · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:28

here is a link what will help you.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/292?vs=306

What res are you gaming at?

arc@css · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:28

This gives a comparison :

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/292?vs=306

Beaten by seconds.

psychas · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:29

had 6970 since it came out no problem with drivers at all, also overclocks good, cant fault it tbh .

ExcessiveEvil · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:29

Thanks guys!

Running 1080p right now

Sgt Tackleberry · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:31

arc@css said:
This gives a comparison :

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/292?vs=306

Beaten by seconds.

lol!

i've got the 6970 and i play at 1080 res, i max out all my games and it plays fine... if you did want to do an upgrade i would w8 until the the 7xxx series comes out

ExcessiveEvil · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:31

I currently have a 5770 and I've had non stop trouble with getting it to run well for 6 months

Sgt Tackleberry · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:36

what psu have you got?, if you have a decent psu i would get this,
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-079-GI
it's just short of the gtx 580 performance by 10%

ExcessiveEvil · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:37

currently have 800w corsair power supply

looking at a 850w corsair for my new pc

Sgt Tackleberry · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:40

thats a good psu any way.
go with the card i said above then, that will last you for a while and eat every game you throw at it on max setting at 1080 res

ExcessiveEvil · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:43

how does the 480 match up against the 6970?

ah looks like the 480 comes out on top there

arc@css · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:45

A quote from our bible

:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/309?vs=292

Like before, very little in it.

Sgt Tackleberry · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:46

like i said above it just short of gtx 580 performance by 10%
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/292?vs=305
just look at that as a guide.

Sgt Tackleberry · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:46

arc@css said:
A quote from our bible :

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/309?vs=292

Like before, very little in it.

you beat me grrr..

arc@css · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:47

Sgt Tackleberry said:
you beat me grrr..

ExcessiveEvil · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:50

I shall update my cart then, thanks for the help guys!

Sgt Tackleberry · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:56

no problem

ArcAneTSGK · 17 Jun 2011 at 12:22

Id go for the GTX 570 personally, i did

ExcessiveEvil · 17 Jun 2011 at 12:23

haha, looking at this now....

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-129-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010

Sgt Tackleberry · 17 Jun 2011 at 12:31

ExcessiveEvil said:
haha, looking at this now....

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-129-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010

nice, i didnt see that lol.