£770 For Graphics Cards & Monitor, Please Help!

Chaosdarkknight · 12 Feb 2011 at 15:36

As the title suggests, I need help making a decision...and would like someone elses input!

Graphics Card Options:

1: Palit GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5
Each £284.99 (X2 = £569.98) - £200 Left For Monitor

2: MSI GeForce GTX N560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5
Each £224.99 (X2 = £449.98) - £320 Left For Monitor

3: HIS ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB GDDR5
Each £279.98 (X2 = £559.96) - £210 Left For Monitor

4: MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5
Each £249.98 (X2 = £499.96) - £270 Left For Monitor

Monitor Options:

1: Dell Ultrasharp U2311H 23" Widescreen LCD Monitor
£259.99

2: Samsung P2450H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor
£194.99

Many Thanks

stulid · 12 Feb 2011 at 15:38

Options 2 and 2

What psu do you have?

How about two GTX480's - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-222-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1750

anuraj · 12 Feb 2011 at 15:57

Stulids is a nice way to go if you can put up with heat and noise

Chaosdarkknight · 12 Feb 2011 at 16:34

I have the Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 850W. What are your reasons for choosing option 2/2?

stulid · 12 Feb 2011 at 16:36

I have used that Samsung monitor before, and currently one of mine is a 23" model also.

SLI scaling is better than Crossfire so you get more gains with a second card, also there is a GTX560 at £191 currently, and thats a great price.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=18418289&postcount=7

Chaosdarkknight · 12 Feb 2011 at 16:40

So you reckon the 560 is as good as the 570 in SLI. Or is this simply the better value. What about outright performance.

stulid · 12 Feb 2011 at 16:43

well outright performance is the GTX570 when we are talking about "out of the box performance" compare to the GTX560.

But consider the £416 GTX480 option too - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/310?vs=308 compared to £760- £800 worth of GTX580's, you got the psu required for this option.

lollyhayes · 12 Feb 2011 at 16:46

Why do you need 2 cards? Unless you're getting an eyefinity setup (you won't for the money you're suggesting) you will max out any game with a singe good card.
This will then leave you the opportunity to pick up another later on when the games get more demanding...

I would suggest:
Overclockers Brand GTX580 389GBP

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-146-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1812

And:

Ilyama 27" monitor...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-065-IY&groupid=17&catid=1120&subcat=

lollyhayes · 12 Feb 2011 at 16:46

630GBP...

lollyhayes · 12 Feb 2011 at 16:48

or as Stulid said 2x480 - great value and will kill anygame...

Chaosdarkknight · 12 Feb 2011 at 16:52

Right, so the 480...what does it lack over the 500 series NVIDIA range? The price is good, but I'm worried about not getting the latest MSAA tech like used for dead space two to cure jagged edges. Even the price is great a single 480 vs 570, the 570 has the overall advantage...so I'd imagine this would also be the case in SLI.

stulid · 12 Feb 2011 at 16:55

It lacks nothing really, just has a few shader cores less, which is how the GTX580 is 10% faster. And is just hotter/uses more power and to some people ears is loud.

GTX480 vs 570 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/309?vs=306

lollyhayes · 12 Feb 2011 at 16:57

the only real disadvantage with the 480's is they are quite hot and noisy, especially 2 of them running in sli...
I think the 5 series (as is usually the case with new cards) will have more support for the newer titles coming out, this will be in terms of better tesselation from the 580. They both support dx11 etc so there will be limited differences.
The 580 simply does things faster than the 480

lollyhayes · 12 Feb 2011 at 16:58

as stulid has just said (beat me to it)

Chaosdarkknight · 12 Feb 2011 at 17:15

Im thinking of this setup now:

Palit GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5
Each £284.99 (X2 = £569.98)

and

Samsung P2450H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor
£194.99

Good/Bad?

stulid · 12 Feb 2011 at 17:23

Good.

Chaosdarkknight · 12 Feb 2011 at 18:17

The other option above and this one are the one's i'm stuck between:

Iiyama ProLite B2712HDS
£289.99

and

X2 MSI GeForce GTX N560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5
£449.98

Confused!!! lol

stulid · 12 Feb 2011 at 18:20

See this?

flip it, Heads for the first, Tails for the second.

anuraj · 12 Feb 2011 at 18:23

Coin flipping time, best out of 3:
1. Tails
2.heads
3. Tails
2nd one wins

Josh P · 12 Feb 2011 at 18:29

I'd get the cheaper monitor and the better cards. Unless you're investing in an IPS monitor I'd just get the cheapest thing that will display a picture!