6970 vs GTX 570 (Photoshop CS5 + 11.4)

[nib95]

Hi there, basically I own both a 6970 and a GTX 570 SC, and am not sure which to keep. Originally I was dead set on the GTX 570 as I required Premiere Pro CUDA performance, but as it turns out, I now no longer will be requiring such a thing till several months from now. So the only important aspects are gaming performance and Photoshop CS5 acceleration.

I also read just today that new AMD drivers have improved performance, and that Nvidia drivers are causing weak performance in DA2 which has swayed me over to ATI a bit.

For use with the following games...and Photoshop CS5, which is the better choice?

Metro 2033
Mafia II
Crysis
Crysis Warhead
F1 2010
Shogun 2: Total War
Starcraft
COD Black Ops
Dragon Age II

Future games

Battlefield 3 (one I'll be playing most)
Dirt 3
Shift 2
Crysis 2
RAGE
Witcher 2
Portal 2
Deus Ex HR

Currently gaming on a 24" 1920x1200 HP LP2475w monitor with a C300 SSD and a i7 [email protected].

 

[nib95]

Both cards will accelerate photoshop CS5, as it uses OpenGL. I'd also go for the 6970 as TheRealDeal said, performance is very similar, but the 6970 has more RAM.

But will I need it gaming at 1920x1200?

 

[nib95]

You might yea as some games are on the limit already and theres games that may use dx11 better this year that may need more ram. Its all guess work though but i think its better to be safe. Theres plenty of games that are using ram on the limit of the gtx570 especially when aa is on.

Even at 1920x1200?