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GTX580, which brand?

Krissytoffy

Krissytoffy

Krissytoffy

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I am buying a GTX 580 now soon.
I have three different cards to choose from:

PNY GTX 580: Overclocked
EVGA GTX 580
Gainward GTX 580: "Good edition"

Wich should i choose?
 
EVGA for their Fab warranty.

Got 2 580's in SLI that idle at 36c 38c and rarely go over 72c :D

Go for the reference 580 cards as the hot air is blown outside the back of the case.

:)
 
Krissytoffy said:
Because thats the cards i have enough money to buy. I live in norway so the prices maybe different from England and America.

The PNY card costs; 371£, the EVGA and Gainward costs 398£
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Why a 580gtx though, I'm more pro AMD but have no issue with people buying Nvidia. The 570gtx is just SO much better value.

I can't say what the price difference is in Norway but a 570gtx is £233 on ocuk, and the cheapest 580gtx is £360, thats over 50% higher cost, for what amounts to at best, 15% performance, its just not worth it.

When new cards launch aswell AMD or Nvidia cards, the current gen drop in value badly, if you wanted to sell on and buy a new card, the 580gtx WILL devalue far more than the 570gtx.

Lets say you buy a 580gtx, for £360, the new cards launch, suddenly no one will buy a second hand one for over £180, and a new theoretical 680gtx costs you £360 brand new, it would cost you basically £180 to upgrade to a new gen card should you want to.

If you buy a 570gtx now for £230, sell that for £140-150 and buy a new 670gtx for for £270, it will cost you £100 to upgrade to a new gen should you want to.

But factor in the initial saving and you've got a 570gtx, and then moved to a 670gtx, and still spent LESS than you would on a single 580gtx.

The highest end cards are just awful value, the 570gtx at £230 is a really good card and very good value, the 6950 is a good value card, the 6970/580gtx are pretty rubbish value in comparison.

In 99% of cases you really won't notice the difference between a 570 and 580gtx, nor a 6950 and 6970.
 
drunkenmaster said:
Why a 580gtx though, I'm more pro AMD but have no issue with people buying Nvidia. The 570gtx is just SO much better value.

I can't say what the price difference is in Norway but a 570gtx is £233 on ocuk, and the cheapest 580gtx is £360, thats over 50% higher cost, for what amounts to at best, 15% performance, its just not worth it.

When new cards launch aswell AMD or Nvidia cards, the current gen drop in value badly, if you wanted to sell on and buy a new card, the 580gtx WILL devalue far more than the 570gtx.

Lets say you buy a 580gtx, for £360, the new cards launch, suddenly no one will buy a second hand one for over £180, and a new theoretical 680gtx costs you £360 brand new, it would cost you basically £180 to upgrade to a new gen card should you want to.

If you buy a 570gtx now for £230, sell that for £140-150 and buy a new 670gtx for for £270, it will cost you £100 to upgrade to a new gen should you want to.

But factor in the initial saving and you've got a 570gtx, and then moved to a 670gtx, and still spent LESS than you would on a single 580gtx.

The highest end cards are just awful value, the 570gtx at £230 is a really good card and very good value, the 6950 is a good value card, the 6970/580gtx are pretty rubbish value in comparison.

In 99% of cases you really won't notice the difference between a 570 and 580gtx, nor a 6950 and 6970.
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I had the extra money in my budget for a 580. And i looked at some benchmarks and that is the best card i can afford :)

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Other factors made me decide on the 580.

For example:

Less memory on board the 570's when I was looking there was only 1280MB available.

A few forums I had visited mentioned hot temps with the 69XX's which put me off them.
 
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-124-MS

I have had this in a complete new build for about 2 weeks and I'am very happy with it. Having moved from an ATI 4870x2 I'm enjoying it tremendously. So I would consider adding it to your list. It is huge though but is pure quality. Very pleased with it. I use it for ARMA II. At 1920x1200 with all the settings cranked up to very High with the exception of AA/Post Process. Runs in Chernogorsk at a very happy 35FPS-60FPS (V-sync Enabled). This might sound like junk but trust me it isn't that game can bring most systems down to it's knees. It plays smoother than a freshly shaved peach. No stutters or jerking.

BFBC2 everything on High at 1920x1200, with the exception of AA and the HBAO thing. I get around 130 FPS average, even during intense battles with lots of grenades bunny hoppers the lot banging around.

I usually prefer performance over eye candy but have been able to have the best of both worlds with this card. No compromise. COH still gives it a run for it's money with everything on Ultra but think it is throttled back online anyways. Still runs super smooth but doesn't spit out monster frames.

The cooler works a treat, runs quiet and keeps temps around 50 underload. I guess this will vary on case/cooling but considering the Obsidian isn't the best fan case around you can gauge it from there.

The system it runs on is below.

Win7 64bit
Intel i7 2600k 3.4
Corsair Dominator 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz CAS 9
Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z Intel Z68
MSI GeForce GTX 580 Lightning 1536MB
Corsair Prof Gold 1200W Modular PSU
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB SSD
Velociraptor 300GB
Velociraptor 150GB
Corsair H80
Obsidian 800D
 
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