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| Processor | Ryzen 7800X3D |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | MSI MAG Mortar B650 (wifi) |
| Cooling | be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 |
| Memory | 32GB Kingston Fury |
| Video Card(s) | Gainward RTX4070ti |
| Storage | Seagate FireCuda 530 M.2 1TB / Samsumg 960 Pro M.2 512Gb |
| Display(s) | LG 32" 165Hz 1440p GSYNC |
| Case | Asus Prime AP201 |
| Audio Device(s) | On Board |
| Power Supply | be quiet! Pure POwer M12 850w Gold (ATX3.0) |
| Software | W10 |
You can never remove the bias from these arguements but it all comes down to these things (unless you're a biased muppet).
* Absolute performance in your chosen application.
* Cost of your chosen performance and can you really afford it.
* Noise.
* Heat and Power.
* Monitor or resolution preference.
I went from 2 x 5850's to a single gtx 580. I had ocassional driver issues that caused hang ups at start up. I had low minimum fps in some games ocassionally. They were noisy at load and my 2nd got hot (antec p182 case at the time).
My 580 performs a tad lower 'in general'** (certainly performs worse than crossfired 69'anythings'). But for me the trade off was simple. Crossfire and/or sli will always ocassionally cause system issues (my old gtx 295 did it too). The 2GB on the 69 series will put paid to lots of the memory issues of 1gb crossfire cards so well done amd on that.
But, that being said, my GTX 580 gameplay is crystal smooth and very very quiet.
My only sadness is that the HD 6970 didn't kick the ass i thought it might.
And one for the AMD boys out there. Can i say the physx in Batman, although 'quite cool' (walking through smoke and kicking papers get boring mind) does sweet f*ck all to improve the game. So don't buy Nvidia for the paltry offerings of Physx.
So, two 6950's or one 580? It doesn't really matter. Once in a while your x-fire set up will 'irritate' you but when you game at 2560x1200, maybe you'll have wanted those 6950's? Either gfx solution you get will give you happiness.
I'd rather not go back to multi gpu set ups again. There's always some part of some game that causes glitches or drops in fps.
** though in dx11 titles it beats the gameplay of my 5850's. (tesselation i guess).
* Absolute performance in your chosen application.
* Cost of your chosen performance and can you really afford it.
* Noise.
* Heat and Power.
* Monitor or resolution preference.
I went from 2 x 5850's to a single gtx 580. I had ocassional driver issues that caused hang ups at start up. I had low minimum fps in some games ocassionally. They were noisy at load and my 2nd got hot (antec p182 case at the time).
My 580 performs a tad lower 'in general'** (certainly performs worse than crossfired 69'anythings'). But for me the trade off was simple. Crossfire and/or sli will always ocassionally cause system issues (my old gtx 295 did it too). The 2GB on the 69 series will put paid to lots of the memory issues of 1gb crossfire cards so well done amd on that.
But, that being said, my GTX 580 gameplay is crystal smooth and very very quiet.
My only sadness is that the HD 6970 didn't kick the ass i thought it might.
And one for the AMD boys out there. Can i say the physx in Batman, although 'quite cool' (walking through smoke and kicking papers get boring mind) does sweet f*ck all to improve the game. So don't buy Nvidia for the paltry offerings of Physx.
So, two 6950's or one 580? It doesn't really matter. Once in a while your x-fire set up will 'irritate' you but when you game at 2560x1200, maybe you'll have wanted those 6950's? Either gfx solution you get will give you happiness.
I'd rather not go back to multi gpu set ups again. There's always some part of some game that causes glitches or drops in fps.
** though in dx11 titles it beats the gameplay of my 5850's. (tesselation i guess).
