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Got around £1000 to send on GPU power

JasonKnights

JasonKnights

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question is what is my best choice? Ive lookin into gettin 2 GTX580s in sli but tempted by 2 gtx590s as I think it might be more future proof. at the moment i'm gaming on a 55inch LED tv @1920x1080 but might end up with 3 displays when i convert my loft. and I dont want to change my sytem again for around 2 years.
silence is a big factor for me, power isnt an issue, I only get to go on my pc for maybe 5 hours a week .

will the rest of my system be able to handle 2 590s? ive looked on nvidias website and it says my board is ok. but not sure if it will bottleneck the performance?
 
Spending that much money for 5 hours a week? Eak haha.

Unless you are running multiple screens and/or 3d I don't think you should spend that much as the power is wasted. It might be better to spend £400 getting 3d and £600 on the sli to run it. £1000 is a rediculas waste.
 
Obviously the £1000 ish is the max I wanna spend. Think the 580s replacement is out in around 5 months but don't really wanna wait that long. Have they not sorted the 590s probs yet?
 
Quad SLI is never ever future proof and rarely worth going for unless your running a monster monitor setup - and in typical nVidia fashion not that useful there either due to the restrictive VRAM for that res.

If your planning on super high res then maybe 2x or 3x 3GB GTX580.
 
Stop wasting your money, buy a single GTX580 or if you're really struggling, a 6990 for under £500 (they can be found), pocket the rest and save it for when something comes out that you are compelled to actually buy before having a committee vote on the thing... You're only playing at 1920x1080, even if it is 3D (AMD can use the Tri-Def drivers for 3D, so don't discount them for that).
 
Cheers guys, had a look online and think I might get a twin frozr gtx580 and then trade it in for a gtx680 towards Christmas as the Kepler gpu looks around 3 to 4 times faster than the current one. And if the hypes wrong and is only a bit faster il just throw another 580 in :)
 
JasonKnights said:
Cheers guys, had a look online and think I might get a twin frozr gtx580 and then trade it in for a gtx680 towards Christmas as the Kepler gpu looks around 3 to 4 times faster than the current one. And if the hypes wrong and is only a bit faster il just throw another 580 in :)
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Kepler is expected to be 3-4x faster at raw compute performance but that won't translate directly into faster game rendering.
 
JasonKnights said:
I like the look of them gtx580 twin frozr cards, do you think there last for around 2 years before I need to upgrade?
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You could underclock the two of them and they won't break sweat for a long time at normal resolutions.

The one should be fine for things like Battlefield 3 and anything in the pipeline.
 
5 HOURS A WEEK? Good grief man, i'd spend absolutely nowhere near that.

In your shoes i'd be looking at a GTX580 for about a third of the budget, or pushing the boat out - an HD6990. Generally the GTX590 is very overpriced for it's performance, you're far better off with the ATI card at this price point.
 
It's just the noise with the ATI cards n no Physx that why I was going nvidia route.if price was no option would gtx590 in quad sli be better than 2 gtx 580s in sli?
 
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