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Question about 560 Ti Vs. 5870

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kgoldman1

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So my question is how would 2 560 Ti's in SLI compare to 2 5870's in Crossfire? I'm looking for performance in games not really worried about benches.

Thanks guys!
 
now two 6950s...and things are different. but they'd cost more, i'm eyeing two 6950s and unlocking them, the 2gb parts.
 
I would do dirty things to get my hands on that power...and probably kill a man to get two 6990s
 
I sold off one of my 560ti oc cards SLI was a waste I felt with the present games, 1 card seems to be doing me just fine.
 
At this point I would just wait for the next-gen cards to come out. I know, I know...the longer u wait means there is always something else around the corner. It seems Nvidia and AMD are really getting their acts together with SLI & Crossfire performance, which will hopefully mean an even better gameplay experience from their next gen cards in sli or crossfire mode.

My last foray into SLI was the 7800 series and I vowed to never go to a dual gpu setup again. The most recent generation of cards has me rethinking that strategy again...
 
I think the problem is the usage the cards get in games right now, why should I waste the money on SLI when I look up in game and it's only using 35% of my 1 card,

I think that needs to be addressed before I'll go back to SLI, what's the use in having 2 cards both only being used 25% in game, they need to seriously look at their drivers and fix this
 
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crossfire-sli-scaling,2742-10.html

5800 series doesn't scale very well. The 470, which is slightly slower, 5-10% slower than a 5870, is tying with 5870 CrossFire when you put two together. 560 SLI should be 10-15% faster than 5870 CrossFire, by my estimate and these numbers.

Actually, after all the driver updates we've gotten from AMD, I'm pretty sure the 5000 series has gotten a bump in CrossFire scaling, 5870 CrossFire should be identical to 560 SLI, or at most ~10% slower.

IndianScout said:
I think the problem is the usage the cards get in games right now, why should I waste the money on SLI when I look up in game and it's only using 35% of my 1 card,

I think that needs to be addressed before I'll go back to SLI, what's the use in having 2 cards both only being used 25% in game, they need to seriously look at their drivers and fix this
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SLI usually scales on average ~75%, CrossFire on average ~85% (6000 series). I think the graphical quality of our games needs to be kicked up a notch, but your right.
 
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reading a thread on over at guru it seems as tho the new 275 drivers are using all the cards potential and people are getting huge jumps in fps,

I just tried crysis 2 and saw a 10+FPS jump..

I'm keeping these woot
 
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