Are two radeon 6950's in sli better than a single GTX580?

i an building a gaming PC and having difficulty with deciding on the GPU. This PC will be mostly for playing battlefield 3 on Ultra settings. i have a budget of 1800 AU for the computer (not including a monitor, keyboard or mouse) and a overall budget of 2500 AU for everything including monitor, keyboard, mouse and a headset. apart from the GPU these are the other parts of the PC.



Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz

MSI P67A-GD53 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX UEFI BIOS

Thermaltake Black Widow W0319RU 850 Watt

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL

Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s

Thermaltake Frio

Silverstone RV02B-EW Silent Full Tower

please tell me what GPU i should get and if i should change any of the above parts thankyou.|||If I were you, I would wait less than a month. AMD's set to announce their new high end graphics card December 22 with mass shipment in early January. Rumor has it they're at least 30% faster than the 6970 (or about 20% faster than a 580), and is on par with a 6990, which is roughly equivalent to 6950s in crossfire.



I have 2 6850s in crossfire, and I would much rather have a 6950, 6970, or GTX 570 even if they have less power. Now, the 580 is outrageously priced, and a single 6950 is close to a GTX 580. In that case, crossfire makes more sense. The 6900 series is also better suited to crossfire.





So, if you HAVE to get a rig now, get 2 6950s in crossfire. But I would wait until December 22nd if I were you, as the 7970 will likely drive 6950 and 580 prices down no matter how good it is.|||The Radeons will get you better performance, yes. But the GeForces will get you much better drivers, PHysX and Cuda. I know AMD has a similar solution in GPGPU, but seriously, I've seen far more CUDA/PhysX programs out there than even programs with the AMD label.



Plus, one Graphics card has better effecieny/power ratio than two. And a 2-card solution might date rather quickly. At least you could still save up for another GTX580

Whats better, EVGA gtx560ti 2gb in sli, or MSI gtx580 3gb?

What would be a better set up, go with sli gtx 560ti 2gb, or go with 580gtx 3 gb, im going to spend 500-600 no matter what, im just trying to determine whats going to get me the performance im looking for. Buying one big card does leave room for adding another down the road tho, need help making up my mind. Will be running them with a nf-200 board, intel 2600k and 16gb memory.|||If you go for the EVGA cards then please use my Affiliate Code: DM0-UZI-DSC7 when registering|||GTX560 Ti SLI will beat out a GTX580, but you'll be limited by 2GB of vram and SLI

The GTX580 has a extra gig of vram plus can be SLI, Tri-SLI, and 4-way SLI



But unless you're using a large resolution from either one monitor or Nvidia 2D/3D Surround you won't really need more then 1GB



Proof that even GTX 560 SLI can beat a single GTX 580

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gt…



Even more proof Ti SLI beats 580

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2011-…|||After reading the attached MSI GTX N580 review, I will go for the GTX580 and I believe it will be faster than the sli 2xgtx560. You will have more expansion options.|||i doubt two 560 gtxs will be that much quicker.



I would go with the single GTX 580 as you do not have to worry about driver issues concerning SLI.

Should I buy a gaming computer with One nVidia GTX580 1536MB GDDR5 RAM PCI-E or Two XFX Radeon HD 6950?

The two XFX Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 will be set in crossfire...|||The amd 6950 crossfire would increase your fps while gaming even Bf3 would play at ultra setting with no problems , a gtx 580 would handle all games at high settings with the right specs, if not on a budget then go for the amd hd 6950 crossfire there isn't a game on the market today that those two cards can't handle again with the right specs.|||Definitely the Radeons, not because of more memory like that other boob said. At this point it won't make a difference. The two 6950s combined are simply faster than a single GTX 580.|||Radeon- More memory

What graphics card should i buy? Gtx580 or gtx460 2Win?

I was gonna get a gtx 580 for my new rig, but yesterday, EVGA announced their monster 460 dual GPU card, "460 2WIN" This card gives comparatively better frame rates than the 580 and is extremely cheap (it would be 2X 460's price - 10%) about 45 - 50 USD less.



But i'm not sure whether to get this or the 580 .



please advise me on this.

thanks

-Shanike-|||benchmarks say the 460 2win is the way to go and at a cheaper price seems like there's an obvious choice

For gtx580 sli - should i buy 24' 1920x1080 or 22' 1680x1024?

with 1680 I'll get more fps (with settings maxed out)

with 1920 - less fps (with few settings turned off)?|||Get the 24" @ 1080. You'll have more resolution options available (1024, 1050 and 1080) allowing you to optimize image framerates.

Will 2x gtx580 fit in thermaltake v9 case?

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Basically yeah, this is the question. Want to go SLI but don't know if it'll fit. I'm kind of short on space, so it's the biggest case i can install. Some help is very appreciated.|||{





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They look cooler, and play cooler. Literally.

Will my OCZ GSX 600 suffice when running Nvidia GTX580?

Okay, so i just received my GTX 580 Graphics card in the mail, and I'm starting to worry about it the PSU will suffice. Anyone got any input on my concerns? thanks.



Link for the PSU: http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-gamexstream-600w-700w-power-supply-eol.html

And here's the GFX: http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gtx-580-us.html|||600w is the minimum that Nvidia recommends for that card. You should be good unless you plan on upgrading anything else in your computer.