£700 to spend on a single card solution.

[Frenzy]

Buy a 3gb GTX 580, when the new cards are out you can then buy one of the new range.

edit: if you have to absolutely must spend that amount then get a second card for physx only. apparently buying a lesser card with a 580 will bottleneck it.

 

[phil128]

A free holiday?

WOW.

 

[arc@css]

A free holiday?

WOW.

Yeah, a wet weekend in Worksop.

 

[Crezzlin]

6990 then you can get a 6950/70 in the future if wanted for trifire plus sell your 260...

But like everyone has said keep away from 590 my bro sent his back.

 

[StonedPenguin]

6970 or 580, Dont waste cash on 590/6990

 

[bru]

You can't link to competitors. I'd edit that before a mod gives you a holiday.

Is it just me or is this post ironic.

A little hint, if your going to tell someone that they cant link to a competitors website because its against the forum rules its probably not a good idea to quote them and include the link in your post.

 

[FrenchTart]

You can't link to competitors. I'd edit that before a mod gives you a holiday.

You may want to remove the link from your post in the same way the other poster has done...

 

[phil128]

Yeah, a wet weekend in Worksop.

Or a wet weekend with a hooker from Birmingham.

 

[arc@css]

Or a wet weekend with a hooker from Birmingham.

Shhh!

 

[arc@css]

You may want to remove the link from your post in the same way the other poster has done...

True! Can't believe I missed that one. Cheers.

 

[Marine-RX179]

No need to get uppity. I am merely sorting out the options. The 590 has only blown its load when overclocked. As far as a single card is concerned, going by just the numbers it has better performance then the 580. I asked for opinions in the first place because I am undecided. The only reason people have given me to stay away from the 590 is because it has a thermal problem when overclocked. I am not going to overclock any graphics card.

I am taking your advice onboard, but I need to make sure the card I go for is the correct one for my needs and not what you consider "best for you"

My needs being, great performance on a single card. Thats the best for my budget.

All my suggestions has been based around your circumstance, not what's "best for me" as you put it. Everyone's been been advising against getting the GTX590 because all the extra performance means nothing if the card kill itself, or cripple itself its performance for the sake of not killing itself. If you want to take the risk on the GTX590 that's your choice, but that's a VERY bad idea.

I'm not upset in anyway...as I'm in no loss whatever your decision is. The thing is we have seen fair share of people who come here asking for advises only to act AGAINST it and gone and do as they please, only to return here later crying and saying how they messed up and asking for help- at which point people just don't bother helping them anymore since they consider "people that don't listen cannot be helped". If you do get a GTX590 and something does go wrong, the chances are people won't bother helping you again in the future

 

[Asomodai]

Anyway, I went for the GTX580 MSI Lightning edition.

Is it worth keeping my GTX 280 and running Physx off of it? How easy is it to do?