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ATI to Nvidia switch

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I have just changed from a 5870 crossfire setup to a single GTX580 and want to share the experience. It is quite amazing and of the games I had time to try so far, they play much smoother now, especially GTAIV, NSF Hot Pursuit, NFS Shift, Alien vs Predator (this surprised me...), Fallout New Vegas...

The only game so far where I noticed the crossfire was excellent & butter-smooth was Just Cause 2 using Van Dach modded drivers.

Before the 5870's I was using Nvidia for the previous 2 generations (GTX8800, GTX280) and I had doubts going to ATI but due to the long wait and not so optimal GTX480 I pulled the trigger on the 5870's.

Have no regrets and am very happy to be able to actually play the game instead of trying different drivers...
 
I just watched my brother use his HD 6950, and I must say its nice and all, but not the most impressive. I myself will also be going Nvidia again(Had a 2900PRO now an HD 4870). I was never amazed by the 4870, hopefully a GTX 470/480 will :).

Btw very nice card and congrats on it working perfectly :)
 
I too went from Nvidia to ATI to Nvidia. I went from an 8800 GTX's in SLI to 5870's in Crossfire (Eyefinity) to a single 580 GTX. I lost my three monitor setup until I get a second card. There really is no diff once you use 3 monitor's compared to 1. Anyway, the game play is very smooth on the 580 compared to the 5870's in crossfire. Very happy I made the purchase.
 
I try to go Nvidia typically every generation, but the cosmos won't let me.
 
I to went from 5870s xfire to a single 580 and am very pleased with it..
I went from the 8800 GTX to a 9800x2 to 5870s and now the 580..
My kid really is a big AMD fan so he loves the 5870s with 30 inch display..
 
So I am not the only one. After the crossfire experience and browsing many forums I am more and more inclined to stay away from multi-gpu setups (I thought next year I may pick up a second gtx580).
 
I'm using a 4870x2, and ordered the Black Ops GTX 580, so I'll be making the switch.
 
I switched from a single 5870 to SLI GTX 470's due to their superior NVSurround performance. I tried Xfire+Eyefinity with two 5870's and was surprised how bad it scaled so I pulled the trigger on the 470's. I have been very happy with the decision.

Xfire 6970's by all accounts are scaling significantly better, but I'm waiting for [H]'s review before I switch again. Otherwise a pair of GTX 570's or 580's may be in my future.

I've flip/flopped between the two vendors every since the Geforce 2 days. I've owned a GeForce 2, 6800GT, 8800GT, GTX 280, SLI GTX 470. On the red side I have owned a 9700 Pro, 9800 Pro, 4870 and 5870.
 
So far many who answered where having card of both parties. For me before the 8800GTX I was with a X1900 and before that X1800 (before THAT I was all the way on consoles...since I had not discovered then my today's hobby, the PC you build, upgrade & tune yourself).

Just to probe further, there is a lot of discussion of drivers and I have to say one of the reasons I switched back to Nvidia was the drivers.
 
jorojr said:
I switched from a single 5870 to SLI GTX 470's due to their superior NVSurround performance. I tried Xfire+Eyefinity with two 5870's and was surprised how bad it scaled so I pulled the trigger on the 470's. I have been very happy with the decision.

Xfire 6970's by all accounts are scaling significantly better, but I'm waiting for [H]'s review before I switch again. Otherwise a pair of GTX 570's or 580's may be in my future.

I've flip/flopped between the two vendors every since the Geforce 2 days. I've owned a GeForce 2, 6800GT, 8800GT, GTX 280, SLI GTX 470. On the red side I have owned a 9700 Pro, 9800 Pro, 4870 and 5870.
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You know an ETA on that review?
 
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