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Which card?
- Thread starter Castiel
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What's the rest of your spec, cpu and monitor res?
Keeping within budget I would go for the 448 shader version of the Nvidia gtx560ti 2gb / gtx570 1.3gb. If I was to go slightly over budget then my first choice, resolution depending, would be a 570 2.5gb.
Btw...AMD 7000 cards will be released within the next month, so it depends whether or not you wish to play the waiting game.
Keeping within budget I would go for the 448 shader version of the Nvidia gtx560ti 2gb / gtx570 1.3gb. If I was to go slightly over budget then my first choice, resolution depending, would be a 570 2.5gb.
Btw...AMD 7000 cards will be released within the next month, so it depends whether or not you wish to play the waiting game.
I'd go for the gtx570 1.3 / 2.5 (preferably the 2.5), though it depends how much of your budget you 'really' want to spend.
Well I would like to stay below £400 (wife to consider), but if I was going to spend £340ish on a 570 2.5Gb, wouldn't it be better to spend the same or a little more on a 1.5Gb 580....
To be honest, I don't know enough (or anything) about current GPUs, I don't even know how much quicker than my current one the current crop are?
If I had to pick one - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-086-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010
3 year warranty, UK RMA center, fast clock speeds out of the box and a good cooler.
3 year warranty, UK RMA center, fast clock speeds out of the box and a good cooler.
no, but if you're not gaming, you can have a cheap card to run the 3rd monitor.
If you can wait, then i'd suggest you wait for the next gen of cards. Mid 2012 latest for the full range to be out IIRC
So I could run the third monitor/tv off my GTX285 and have a GTX570 running my two monitors?
Simultaneously?
yes, but not for gaming i don't think.
Basically, the second card is just another output.
If you can, 560Ti SLI would let you game on 3 monitors, and it would be more powerful
So I could game on one monitor, OCuk on another, and work on another....with a GTX570 and my old GTX 285.....and they wont interfere with each other.
I was under the impression that you had to have SLI to have two cards operating on the same mobo...
(I did say I didn't know much)
I'm afraid I don't know that much about this either, I'm sure surveyor will confirm
Tomorrow, I'll try disabling SLI and that should mean I'll have the same setup as you (except you have a 285 instead of a 570
) and I'll see how well that works 
But I'm 99% certain I'm correct. The primary monitor is used for a game, the other two can be used for whatever.
Tomorrow, I'll try disabling SLI and that should mean I'll have the same setup as you (except you have a 285 instead of a 570
) and I'll see how well that works But I'm 99% certain I'm correct. The primary monitor is used for a game, the other two can be used for whatever.
I'm afraid I don't know that much about this either, I'm sure surveyor will confirm
Tomorrow, I'll try disabling SLI and that should mean I'll have the same setup as you (except you have a 285 instead of a 570
But I'm 99% certain I'm correct. The primary monitor is used for a game, the other two can be used for whatever.
That should work, but using a GTX 285 for an extra display is a tad over kill, and probably a waste of power.
A G210 would do the job.
Yeah, but I already have one...so might as well use it.
It would depend on how much you use you PC.
Arguments for G210:
GTX 285 idles at 30 W
G210 8.7 W (22 W on load)
If you pay the electric bill and you use it a lot like 24/7 the G210 would make sence and probably pay for itself in 18 months use.
Your pc would have better airflow for the GTX 570 and less heat in the system a big benefit if the case you have is small.
Sell the GTX 285 while it's worth something.
Arguments for GTX 285:
Already have it, less effort.
Only use PC for 4-8 hours a day so the extra power costs aren't a big issue or don't pay for the electric, not my problem.
Big/decent case, cooling isn't a problem.
GTX 285 is a nice backup if the GTX 570 fails.
**B Grade** EVGA GeForce GTX 580 SuperClocked w/Backplate 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£335.99 inc VAT
Features:-
- Core Clock: 797MHz (Fermi GF110)
- 64 TMUs (GTX 480 had 60 TMUs)
- Memory: 1536MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 4050MHz (Effective)
- Memory Interface: 384-Bit
- Processing Cores: 512
- Shader Clock: 1594MHz
- Bus Type: PCI-Express 2.0
- Display Connectors: 2x Dual-Link DVI-I & 1x Mini-HDMI 1.4a (Includes HDMI & VGA Adapters)
- SLI Ready (Upto 3-Way SLI Supported)
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 11 Support
- OpenGL 4.0 Support
- PhysX Enabled
- CUDA Enabled
- 3D Vision Enabled
- NVIDIA Surround Enabled
- Lower power consumption compared to GTX 480, only 244 watts
- Warranty: 10 Years (Requires registration within 30 days with EVGA)
But as a B grade it will only have 90 day warranty with OCUK, but who cares you register it with EVGA for the 10 year warranty anyway.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-045-EA&groupid=595&catid=683&subcat=
Sell your GTX 285's on the members market here and you will recover some of the cost of the GTX 580 Or use 1 as a dedicated PhysX card and a card to run another pair of monitors/TV.
£335.99 inc VAT
Features:-
- Core Clock: 797MHz (Fermi GF110)
- 64 TMUs (GTX 480 had 60 TMUs)
- Memory: 1536MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 4050MHz (Effective)
- Memory Interface: 384-Bit
- Processing Cores: 512
- Shader Clock: 1594MHz
- Bus Type: PCI-Express 2.0
- Display Connectors: 2x Dual-Link DVI-I & 1x Mini-HDMI 1.4a (Includes HDMI & VGA Adapters)
- SLI Ready (Upto 3-Way SLI Supported)
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 11 Support
- OpenGL 4.0 Support
- PhysX Enabled
- CUDA Enabled
- 3D Vision Enabled
- NVIDIA Surround Enabled
- Lower power consumption compared to GTX 480, only 244 watts
- Warranty: 10 Years (Requires registration within 30 days with EVGA)
But as a B grade it will only have 90 day warranty with OCUK, but who cares you register it with EVGA for the 10 year warranty anyway.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-045-EA&groupid=595&catid=683&subcat=
Sell your GTX 285's on the members market here and you will recover some of the cost of the GTX 580 Or use 1 as a dedicated PhysX card and a card to run another pair of monitors/TV.
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