PC Upgrade, any recommendations?

It seems the GTX570 usually comes in just under the GTX580. But I cannot see the 6970 crossfire on these charts for comparison sakes. Both cards have really good selling points.

Arrgg... I can't make up my mind!
 
XeroS1x said:
It seems the GTX570 usually comes in just under the GTX580. But I cannot see the 6970 crossfire on these charts for comparison sakes. Both cards have really good selling points.

Arrgg... I can't make up my mind!
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Haha, I was in the same boat as you dude. Until I thought, aah fack it! I'll just take a chance with the GTX580. I don't regret it in the least dude! You get what you pay for dude, that's what you must keep in mind.
 
to0kenZA said:
Haha, I was in the same boat as you dude. Until I thought, aah fack it! I'll just take a chance with the GTX580. I don't regret it in the least dude! You get what you pay for dude, that's what you must keep in mind.
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And he is right

sometimes paying the price is really worth it, when i brought the 6870 i though dam this is expensive but once i had the card upa nd running i realised i got my moneys worth, i too am upgrading and so im not taking "lower" spec products for eg im taking gigabyte over Asus or MSI because although they may be abit more i know that i get what i pay for with gigabyte....
 
ogbuzz said:
And he is right

sometimes paying the price is really worth it, when i brought the 6870 i though dam this is expensive but once i had the card upa nd running i realised i got my moneys worth, i too am upgrading and so im not taking "lower" spec products for eg im taking gigabyte over Asus or MSI because although they may be abit more i know that i get what i pay for with gigabyte....
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So what are you planning on upgrading to?

Anyways, I basically have made up my mind, I'm going for the GTX570, probably the MSI OC edition. Or is EVGA better?
 
XeroS1x said:
So what are you planning on upgrading to?

Anyways, I basically have made up my mind, I'm going for the GTX570, probably the MSI OC edition. Or is EVGA better?
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Why don't you get that Phantom Edition one Tinny reviewed? Otherwise, I'd go for the ASUS.
 
whose stealing whose pc???

Not even Ocean and his team could steam my goodies :D

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BRING IT :D
 
Stay away from the GTX 570.

Either go 560 TI or 580. The gains over the 560 is minimal vs the cost difference.

But get the 2gb version of the 560 TI. Afaik Palit is the only one available in the 2gb version.
 
Kuga said:
Stay away from the GTX 570.

Either go 560 TI or 580. The gains over the 560 is minimal vs the cost difference.

But get the 2gb version of the 560 TI. Afaik Palit is the only one available in the 2gb version.
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Damn, the GTX570 was in my cart ready to be order. This makes me start to wonder if the 6970 isn't a bad alternative. GTX560 is too under-powered from what I see, the GTX580 is just a little above my budget.
 
XeroS1x, in what part of SA do you stay?
I got some contacts to get pretty good prices, but I'm in CT.

About a month ago my buddy upgraded and I had to help him.
He is a Gigabyte fanboy so he got a Gigabyte P67 LGA1155 mobo, Gigabyte GTX570 Windforce (It has 3 bloody fans. INSANE)
He also got some Corsair Dominator DDR1600 2x4GB with the Intel Core i7 2600k and I tell you that pc is running like a dream.
The games are so crisp and clear. I just wish I could have that kind of budget for a pc.
 
Frederik Mundey said:
XeroS1x, in what part of SA do you stay?
I got some contacts to get pretty good prices, but I'm in CT.

About a month ago my buddy upgraded and I had to help him.
He is a Gigabyte fanboy so he got a Gigabyte P67 LGA1155 mobo, Gigabyte GTX570 Windforce (It has 3 bloody fans. INSANE)
He also got some Corsair Dominator DDR1600 2x4GB with the Intel Core i7 2600k and I tell you that pc is running like a dream.
The games are so crisp and clear. I just wish I could have that kind of budget for a pc.
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I stay in Cape Town too, I have all of my components ready to go, just need to confirm that the graphics card is the best move. My upgrade is similar. I have been waiting a while to upgrade and have managed to pool enough cash to cover this. Unfortunately, at the end of the day, it's not cheap.
 
erm, the 570 is faster, quite a lot so. and is actually the next step towards the gtx580. it has more memory bw and much more headroom to overclock whereas the Ti is already overclocked.

It also has more shader cores.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU11/207 has a very nice price-fps graph. I just wish they had a average over multigames. Which i like about tom's hardware. But the important (DX11 games) it is a lot nicer, for not as much as you think extra.

Edit: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/330?vs=306 <---- a complete comparison.
 
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Trust me stick with Nvidia though. I wont touch another ATI card, sorry to say. For the price i paid for my GTX580 i could have almost bought one of the lower end 6990's and did not. Does not matter how good the 6990 is it still does not support physx or 3D vision surround(i stand corrected on the 3d). Go Green Team!!
 
DarthSWNT said:
erm, the 570 is faster, quite a lot so. and is actually the next step towards the gtx580. it has more memory bw and much more headroom to overclock whereas the Ti is already overclocked.

It also has more shader cores.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU11/207 has a very nice price-fps graph. I just wish they had a average over multigames. Which i like about tom's hardware. But the important (DX11 games) it is a lot nicer, for not as much as you think extra.

Edit: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/330?vs=306 <---- a complete comparison.
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Interesting.. I may eat my own words. I checked the comparison between the 570 and the 6970. The 570 is marginally faster..

Up to the OP to find out if the price difference is worth it.

frank007 said:
Trust me stick with Nvidia though. I wont touch another ATI card, sorry to say. For the price i paid for my GTX580 i could have almost bought one of the lower end 6990's and did not. Does not matter how good the 6990 is it still does not support physx or 3D vision surround(i stand corrected on the 3d). Go Green Team!!
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EyeFinity?
 
@kuga Nvidia does not have the 6 screen eyefinity but they do have the 3 screen version with 3D support. It is 3D Vision Surround.
 
frank007 said:
@kuga Nvidia does not have the 6 screen eyefinity but they do have the 3 screen version with 3D support. It is 3D Vision Surround.
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I've seen the 3D with the goggles etc. It's quite cool BUT it rapes your eyes. Pinnacle Micro had a demo here for us few weeks back, I wouldn't buy it.

Rather go EyeFinity :)
 
Kuga said:
I've seen the 3D with the goggles etc. It's quite cool BUT it rapes your eyes. Pinnacle Micro had a demo here for us few weeks back, I wouldn't buy it.

Rather go EyeFinity :)
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You can have best of both worlds with the Nvidia! So why not just get Nvidia?
 
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