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590 or 2 580's

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dwilliams

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I am currently running two 580's in SLI. I am considering switching to a single 590. I am running at 1080p with one monitor, and not planning on changing that anytime soon. My thoughts are that 580's in SLI may be overkill. For a little less heat, and a little less noise, I think a 590 may be the way to go. Any thoughts?
 
Little less heat and hoise = underclock and undervolt your GTX580s to GTX590 levels. The GTX590 runs cooler because of those two factors. A GTX590 also dumps siginificant heat into your case :(
 
590 is roughly equal to two 570s, I'd stick with what you have and take Jeremy's advice. 590 would be a big downgrade if you ever want to use the performance.
 
Agreed with above.
I think you're right, 580s in SLI is overkill for a single 1080p monitor. One card alone should be able to max out 1080p settings. You could test with one 580 driving the monitor for verification.
 
jalaj said:
Agreed with above.
I think you're right, 580s in SLI is overkill for a single 1080p monitor. One card alone should be able to max out 1080p settings. You could test with one 580 driving the monitor for verification.
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People who desire 60fps constantly will never think its a overkill..

I was using Multi-GPU setup (GTX 480 SLi, 5970) on 1680*1050 / 1920*1200 monitors..
Until I got annoyed by the micro-stuttering.....

There are still games out there that needs it to max out in our favor...

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I would stay with GTX 580 Sli, no point to go with 590 to be honest....It's a waste of money and downgrade...
 
I'm running 2x GTX580s in SLI on a 1080p monitor too. For 95% of the games, yes its ovekill but not so for Crysis/Warhead and Metro 2033 (Crysis2 is not an issue..until the DX11 patch comes along). On the original Crysis there are still certain segments that see framerate dips to 40s/30s even with an SLI setup. But i agree that heat and noise is an issue with this setup, I have to ramp up the GPU fan speeds using MSI Afterburner and add 2x 120mm fans directly blowing at the 2 GPUs to keep the temperatures down. But the performance is certainly worth it! Downclocking is certainly a good alternative as suggested. Better to underclock your 580s mildly rather than have a drastic cut in performance from the 590.
 
doughead said:
I'm running 2x GTX580s in SLI on a 1080p monitor too. For 95% of the games, yes its ovekill but not so for Crysis/Warhead and Metro 2033 (Crysis2 is not an issue..until the DX11 patch comes along). On the original Crysis there are still certain segments that see framerate dips to 40s/30s even with an SLI setup. But i agree that heat and noise is an issue with this setup, I have to ramp up the GPU fan speeds using MSI Afterburner and add 2x 120mm fans directly blowing at the 2 GPUs to keep the temperatures down. But the performance is certainly worth it! Downclocking is certainly a good alternative as suggested. Better to underclock your 580s mildly rather than have a drastic cut in performance from the 590.
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So...in other words it's overkill since Crysis isn't optimized at all, runs like crap, Crysis Warhead only slightly better. Metro 2033 is just nuts.

Now if you were doing surround gaming I might say otherwise. But for 1080p..sheesh.
 
avatardelta said:
So...in other words it's overkill since Crysis isn't optimized at all, runs like crap, Crysis Warhead only slightly better. Metro 2033 is just nuts.

Now if you were doing surround gaming I might say otherwise. But for 1080p..sheesh.
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Overkill IS the whole point of it. If it runs BF2 at 100 fps then it'll probably run BF3 at 70 fps +/-. My 2 year old HD4870X2 could play every game fully maxed above 60 fps until Crysis/F1 2010/Metro 2033 showed up. Overkill probably for the first 12 months of its lifespan.
 
doughead said:
Overkill IS the whole point of it. If it runs BF2 at 100 fps then it'll probably run BF3 at 70 fps +/-. My 2 year old HD4870X2 could play every game fully maxed above 60 fps until Crysis/F1 2010/Metro 2033 showed up. Overkill probably for the first 12 months of its lifespan.
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True to that! Though in the case of your HD4870X2, it's likely the VRAM running out in F1 and 2033 (well, in addition to the GPUs not being fast enough :p).
 
jeremyshaw said:
True to that! Though in the case of your HD4870X2, it's likely the VRAM running out in F1 and 2033 (well, in addition to the GPUs not being fast enough :p).
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Yeah Bro, most of us who go SLI/Xfire are doing so not just for the moment but for the future as well... BF3, Rage, F3AR, Brink..... The HD4870X2 was a great card, its life just got extended inside a secondary PC setup with a 1280x1024 display :D
 
Why don't you run multiple displays like nvidia surround? This would make good use of your video cards? Or are you running multiple monitors?
 
I would keep the 580's in SLI, what may be overkill now will be sufficient in the future. Those 2 cards will last a very long time and at the moment you can play any game at max settings and not have to worry. Plus the 590's have had a lot of problems and I wouldn't want to mess with that. Keep what you have it's the best option.
 
Keep your 580 SLI !!!!!

The latest drivers for the 590 are hard-locking the voltage, and putting some crazy OCP at the driver's level, and throttling the card, even in GAMES, and this even with a tiny-itsy-bitsy overclock! The 590 drivers are horrible for enthusiasts! Limits at the driver's level! Sad...

Do you really want that???? Playing a game and seeing your card throttling because Nvidia's are begging you not to overclock your card?

Keep your 580 SLI. Way better. Forget the 590. It's a real POS. And the 590 drivers. Sad....
 
Agree, they'll sure come in handy when BF3 and Rage ships at the end of the year. But then again we may see the real next-gen new 28nm GPUs start surfacing too by that time.
 
I purchased two Gigabyte GTX 580s. Their cooling solution is rather quiet. I can only hear them when they ramp up in Surround Gaming mode. Even then they are quieter than my BFG GTX 285 was at idle.
 
why would you downgrade? overkill is fun :D besides gtx 580sli is not that heat spreading and noisy. just imagine i've had gtx 480 sli!!! i don't think we will see the gtx 680 this year so keep what you have
 
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