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Crossfire 6850's or single 580?

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Currently have a 6850, can add another one for $110 or sell the one I have and get a 580 for roughly $200 out of pocket. Is the 580 really worth the extra $100? I know Physx is a gimmick but I'm really looking forward to Borderlands 2 and just bought Arkham City and the thought of missing out on all that tooth rotting eye candy is making me a lil annoyed.

I run a single 1200p monitor and been able to run all my games on high or ultra so far. My other option would be to buy a budget dedicated physx card for the meantime and save up for a 670 sometime next year, but the thought of mixing ati/nvidia and the potential driver headaches and bugs is something I really don't look forward to.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
 
A single 580 is much better, stay away from crossfiring 6850's. I had dual 6870's and the microstutter is terrible if when you drop below 40 fps. Even above it's still not nearly as smooth as a single card.
 
Ticker305 said:
Currently have a 6850, can add another one for $110 or sell the one I have and get a 580 for roughly $200 out of pocket. Is the 580 really worth the extra $100? I know Physx is a gimmick but I'm really looking forward to Borderlands 2 and just bought Arkham City and the thought of missing out on all that tooth rotting eye candy is making me a lil annoyed.

I run a single 1200p monitor and been able to run all my games on high or ultra so far. My other option would be to buy a budget dedicated physx card for the meantime and save up for a 670 sometime next year, but the thought of mixing ati/nvidia and the potential driver headaches and bugs is something I really don't look forward to.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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It sounds more like you're looking to upgrade just to upgrade. If what you're playing is running at fine, why not save for the much better 670? Physx is cool, but not something to drop $200 now on a card that's creamed at only a slightly higher price point.

I'd save the for the 670.
 
I think its a worthy upgrade. A 6850 would be the minimum Id consider for 1920x1080 so a GTX580 would be a very nice upgrade. However, since theyre coming in at $370 and the GTX670's are coming in at $400, Id save up the extra $30 and get the GTX670 instead. Its a better card and worth the extra $30. The GTX580 is a great card and Id love to move up to one but as long as theyre near $400, I wont. Theyre a little overpriced right now IMO and should be a little closer to the $330 mark and not the $380 mark.
 
I don't think physix is necessarily a gimmick like people say. I have to say I had a gtx 480 and have a 7970 and the difference in smoothness is easily notable (480 is much smoother feeling). Although, whether this is due to physix specifically or just better drivers, etc, who knows.

I say one card is much better than two any day because of driver issues and it goes doubly so for radeons. They aren't known for their great drivers in the first place and that goes doubly so for their dual-four card solutions that rely heavily on drivers.
 
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