No Idea what to choose....

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I have a huge problem choosing waht GFX card to put in my new build (within the next month).

The build will be as follows:

Krypton Z68 650i Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40Ghz @ 4.60Ghz Overclocked Bundle
with the Pro version of the board and 8GB RAM

Corsair Force Series 3 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive

BeQuiet Dark Power Pro P9 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply

Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White

Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM)

Windows 7

Now I wil lbe playing games on it and i will be using a lot od Photoshop CS5 (hence the better CPU)

But i dont know what to go for on teh GFX front.

I do want thei system to be as quiet as possible (within reason) so i have been looking at the following cards:

2x Gainward GeForce GTX 560Ti "Phantom" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card in SLI

Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "Phantom" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 "Dual Fan Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 Game

Please can you help me decide? I want this system to last a while, as long as poissible really but i really dont know if its worth going for a single top card (im NOT paying the price for the 590) or 2 lower cards in SLI.

Then ther is the fact that in some comparison charts the Radeon cards outperform the 580's. so I just dotn know.

Please help me choose...............

 

[OpenToSuggestions]

Firstly, ditch the 240gb ssd it really is not worth it. Get yourself a 120gb one .

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-076-OC
Jesus Christ this is cheap!

Secondly, I am always of the opinion that one good gpu is better than two average ones. However, two good gpus are even better .
My 6950 is silent in normal use and has a slight woosh when gaming (overclocked a touch too). It certainly isn't noisy, even with the stock hsf on it.

Get two 6950s with the £200 saved on the ssd.
Spending £340 on one hard drive is absolutely mental.
(Check that your motherboard is good with Xfire though as I haven't checked).

I hope you have a good monitor(s) as that is one awesome spec there!

 

[mickyflinn]

This may help


http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-performance-radeon-geforce,2997.html

 

[fowler002]

2x these if you're lucky the modified bios on it will have the shaders unlocked, will kick the 690 and 6690 into next week and you'll still have £100+ in your pocket.