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Need some info 570 (SLI)

martinmsj

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Keep in run a 1080P monitor. I will be upgrading to a nice IPS 16:10 monitor sometime late 2011/2012.

Anyone out there running 2X 570 GTX video cards in the sandwich position? What are your temperatures like and in what case?

At the end of the day I have 300 USD from selling the old card and GC's (80 BB and 50 Visa). The 570 alone isn't much of an upgrade (thermal/power is) and the 580 isn't worth the 150 extra. I'm in a P190 case and the CPU is on an H50.

Best Buy has the PNY for 350.
350 X 2 = 700 + 49(tax) = 740 - 250 = 490 for two 570 GTXs.

For discussion purposes I am still some what open to just getting 1.

Single PNY 570
350 + 24.50(tax) = 374.50 - 300 = 74.50 for a 570 GTX.

Crazy idea of keeping the 470 as a cuda card if I can keep it at lower clocks. Though this idea won't go far. I don't fold and I don't have any games that take advantage of this. Maybe 1 if I get Batman AA on sale in steam.
 
Thermal yes, by power I assume you mean actual performance, not power consumption, as that's much the same. Agreed on the GTX580 being too much extra.
You haven't listed your PSU in your sig - are you sure it's up to the job of running a 500W+ pair of 570s?
I wouldn't recommend upgrading from a 470 to a 570, the 470 won't sell for very much as they're only $240 new, and you're only getting about 20% more performance out of it.
I will point out that you're spending $350 on a GTX570, and two HD6850s are only $360, and use about the same amount of power, and are much faster. The 1GB of memory on them is not an issue at 1920x1080. Is a serious thing to think about.

A GTX470 is an enormous amount of power and heat to use for CUDA, if you were interested in going CUDA I'd consider buying a used GTS250 or something like that for dirt cheap.
 
samuelmorris said:
Thermal yes, by power I assume you mean actual performance, not power consumption, as that's much the same. Agreed on the GTX580 being too much extra.
You haven't listed your PSU in your sig - are you sure it's up to the job of running a 500W+ pair of 570s?
I wouldn't recommend upgrading from a 470 to a 570, the 470 won't sell for very much as they're only $240 new, and you're only getting about 20% more performance out of it.
I will point out that you're spending $350 on a GTX570, and two HD6850s are only $360, and use about the same amount of power, and are much faster. The 1GB of memory on them is not an issue at 1920x1080. Is a serious thing to think about.

A GTX470 is an enormous amount of power and heat to use for CUDA, if you were interested in going CUDA I'd consider buying a used GTS250 or something like that for dirt cheap.
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I have 130 USD in GC's. My Corsair 850 should run SLI just fine with those. I have to go with what Best Buy has since 80 USD of those GCs are for Best Buy.
 
Only go with Best Buy if it works out cheaper. An $80 discount at best buy may well still work out more expensive than just buying from newegg.
 
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