Dual Card Setup

[blky]

Hi there guys, ive been racking my brain over this for days now, and it seems the more i read into different setups, the more confused i seem to get about which to get. Im looking for 2 cards to run on my new setup that ill be splurging out quite a bit for.

cpu - 2600k @ 4.8
mobo - asus extreme iv z68
ram - 8gb ddr3
monitor - samsung series 9 27"

Now basically i realise that the monitor will do a max 1920 but i want to invest big into a system now that i can always update the monitor later on down the line to a 2560x1440, once they get their **** sorted. Now as for the graphics card setup, my budget is £1200. What im after is complete power that wont tempt me with the 7XXX series coming out at the end of the year haha

any help would be great! thanks!

 

[harmony]

If you have decided not to wait for the upcoming 28nm cards and must buy graphics cards now, then for your resolution I would stay away from anything with less than 2GB vram per GPU. Here are some solutions for you to consider:

3 x GTX580 3GB = around £1350
2 x 6990 = around £1100 or cheaper
1 x 6990 + 1 x 6970 = around £850 or cheaper

I would definitely stay away from any GTX590 or GTX580 1.5GB.

 

[blky]

thanks mate, nice link i must have missed that scrolling back

 

[Cleeecooo]

As you want to keep your cards for a while, and want 2560x1440, I agree with Harmony. I would choose the GTX580 tri SLI

 

[blky]

or go for some really **** bloke card atm that will handle windows 7 gui anddddddddd southern islands sigh!!! sometimes i hate technology !

 

[MichaelM]

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/05/03/nvidia_3way_sli_amd_trifire_redux/5

Tri-SLI 580 3GB is the fastest
Tri-fire 6970 (6990+6970) is nearly as fast and much cheaper
Crossfire 6990 (two 6990's) will mostly act as tri-fire in games anyway so a bit pointless unless you really care about a 3DMark score.