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A couple of GPU questions

Davey182

Davey182

Davey182

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Hi All,

I am currently runnning two 4870s, they do ok but sound like a helicopter taking off under load.

I am purposefully looking for a quieter card and was thinking about a single gtx580.

First question, will it be quieter?

Second question, is there any need to buy the 3072MB ram version when my max resolution is 1680 x 1050??

Thanks,

Dave
 
In my personal nooby opinion. Stick to ATI Cards and go newer you will find a nice Xfire capable card like the 6770s rather than going nVidia and getting a lower amount of everything from Shading Cores, Processing Cores to the Core Clock. Plus the price!
The 4870s and the 4890s were very loud cards.
 
Davey182 said:
First question, will it be quieter?

Second question, is there any need to buy the 3072MB ram version when my max resolution is 1680 x 1050??
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Hi,

1. Very likely, yes. Pretty much any model should run at least somewhat quieter than two 4870's, some very much so.

2. No.

Additionally, it may pay you to wait a few weeks, AMD are releasing their 7000 range in December.
 
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Connection said:
In my personal nooby opinion. Stick to ATI Cards and go newer you will find a nice Xfire capable card like the 6770s rather than going nVidia and getting a lower amount of everything from Shading Cores, Processing Cores to the Core Clock. Plus the price!
The 4870s and the 4890s were very loud cards.
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You can't compare the architectures in that way, they are both designed very differently. :)
 
If you really want a 580 the MSI 580 Twin Frozr II is a decent card and has a really good cooler so should not need to get too noisy. They are on offer for £350 in ocuk shop which is a great deal and 1.5GB should be enough for that resolution.
 
Thanks guys, my system is:

Asus P67Pro
i7
120GB SSD + 1TB HDD
8 meg 1600 RAM
1000W PSU

Hence I kinda want a new quieter card to fit in and run the DX11 games.

Seeing as the new ATI cards are coming soon i might wait a bit. Are they gonna be lots faster than the NVidia cards?
 
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