Which 580 should I get?

[ATAG_MajorBorris]

Originally Posted by Jaws2002

I forgot. I would get the 2GB 680 over the 3GB 580 any day of the week. I would get the EVGA version and sign up for step up program and if the next best thing is released within 90 days, I'd just switch to that by paying the difference.

Only thing Jaws is I dont think you can "step up" from a 680 to a 680.

[Insuber]

Originally Posted by Jaws2002

Do you play this game? If you do, you'll see it uses more than 1GB. That if you have it.
My game is using close to 1.5GB of video ram, because the game can't see the other 1.5GB on the second GPU in my dual GPU card.

People that have 2GB cards can confirm that their game is using close to two GB of video memory.
I think with 2GB you should be fine, but now, with all this 3GB cards on the market, I wouldn't spend a penny on a card with less then two GB per GPU.

The more you have, for this game, the better.

I confirm, the game uses nearly all of the 3 GB of VRAM, it tops up at >90% occupancy of the VRAM.

[Jaws2002]

Originally Posted by MajorBoris

Only thing Jaws is I dont think you can "step up" from a 680 to a 680.

Ah. You are right. I forgot.
Nvidia are such bastards. They won't release the flagship card until August, because the lower power version (680) beats the best Radeon.

Hopefully sometimes after that one comes out, my old GTX590 dies.

[addman]

I run the game with a mere EVGA GTX 550ti 1GB DDR5 and I get 34 FPS on average in black death with v-sync turned on at medium to high settings albeit at only 1366x768 resolution though.

[priller26]

Originally Posted by Jaws2002

Any 580 with less then 3GB of ram is waste of money now. EVGA also makes some good cards, and have awesome waranty.

Would be my choice, have one myself. Lifetime warranty as long as you register the product. Works great, never had a hiccup.

[ATAG_MajorBorris]

Originally Posted by Jaws2002

Ah. You are right. I forgot.
Nvidia are such bastards. They won't release the flagship card until August, because the lower power version (680) beats the best Radeon.

Hopefully sometimes after that one comes out, my old GTX590 dies.

It seems the 680 was the 670 untill it beat new ati, dam them lol,

Dont wish undue harm to your 590, its still good, => 680? and you can sell it later : )

Regarding "step up"

If one were to get a 580 3gb then you could step up to a 680 4gb in the 90days if the timing was good.

*read all EVGA faqs about waranty and step up to be sure!...3 day cross ship rocks!

[ATAG_MajorBorris]

Originally Posted by addman

I run the game with a mere EVGA GTX 550ti 1GB DDR5 and I get 34 FPS on average in black death with v-sync turned on at medium to high settings albeit at only 1366x768 resolution though.

Just curious, why would you benchmark with vsync on?

[addman]

Originally Posted by MajorBoris

Just curious, why would you benchmark with vsync on?

Because if I don't have v-sync on then the average FPS value won't reflect the real performance of the game since I only run the game on a 60Hz monitor, any higher value then 60 FPS will cause tearing and for me 60 FPS max is more then enough for my eyes.

[ATAG_MajorBorris]

Originally Posted by addman

Because if I don't have v-sync on then the average FPS value won't reflect the real performance of the game since I only run the game on a 60Hz monitor, any higher value then 60 FPS will cause tearing and for me 60 FPS max is more then enough for my eyes.

I always though for benchmarks, v-sync gives a skewed result. Or that you cant tell the other tweaks(changes) are as good or bad.

[addman]

Originally Posted by MajorBoris

I always though for benchmarks v-sync gives a skewed result.

Well, yes it does but the same can be said about running without because if you run a benchmark without v-sync then the average FPS probably will be higher but it might be because the bench suddenly jumps up to high FPS values in short parts of the bench and then raises the average FPS number but it doesn't really reflect the performance of the majority of the length of the bench.