GTX 580 vs. ATI 6970?

[mattag08]

Soooo...back to the original post. Anyone with a GTX 580 or 6970 wanna post their specs/results?

[Hellman]

LOL. That's a bloody good point. Sorry for diverting the real point

[maclean525]

NVidia and ATI have made their beds. You pick your priorities you pick your card.

#1. Single screen, lower res, money not an issue. NVidia ALL THE WAY. That's their sweet spot, incredible frame rates.

#3. Multi-screen eyefinity or very large resolutions, cheaper price. Absolutely go 6970.

I personally run Eyefinity at 5760x1080 so I have to go ATI. At only $370 compared to $500+ x2 for NVidia cards there's no comparison. If I was an fps or single screen guy who was looking for absolute maximum frame rates at any cost I'd go with the 580.

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Originally Posted by maclean525

#1. Single screen, lower res, money not an issue. NVidia ALL THE WAY. That's their sweet spot, incredible frame rates.

#3. Multi-screen eyefinity or very large resolutions, cheaper price. Absolutely go 6970.

This is only partially true. On HD resolutions their performance (6950 vs. 560 Ti & 6970 vs. 570) is more or less the same. Turn on some AA and AF and Nvidia has the lead.

As a matter of fact, on some lower (below HD) resolutions 68XX family of cards is faster than 560 Ti.

The exception are CoD players and those using Eyefinity like yourself where those extra amounts of VRAM are really useful.

[sfmadmax]

lol, Nerds at their finest.. you wanted to hear from a 6970 user. I make a post then get stomped on by my fellow nvidia followers about how ati blows.. nice..

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Originally Posted by sfmadmax

lol, Nerds at their finest.. you wanted to hear from a 6970 user. I make a post then get stomped on by my fellow nvidia followers about how ati blows.. nice..

I think I was pretty clear in what I said. I guess you should re-read it.

Comments like Green camp is better than Red camp are meaningless. I will take what is better for the price I am willing to pay.

For CoD, 6970 is a great card. Thank you for providing us with info on how it runs.

[maclean525]

Originally Posted by sfmadmax

lol, Nerds at their finest.. you wanted to hear from a 6970 user. I make a post then get stomped on by my fellow nvidia followers about how ati blows.. nice..

You can't argue with religion man The ATI cards are absolutely fantastic, doesn't matter what some folks say. Right now they have some amazing cards out not least of which is the 2GB 6970 which I will be buying real soon. I currently have a 5850 which runs any game out there at Eyefinity resolution no problems. I paid $200 for the card. How can you not love that?