6870 Crossfire OR 1x GTX 570

[Flatsix]

Hello forum,

Having a tough time deciding which off I'd end up being better with taking future prospect into account.

First I thought of taking gtx 570 and upgrading when the need is up most to SLI, then i saw some benchmarks, that 6870 and 570 both in sli or crossfire scale nearly the same, with no tremendous performance gain.

6870 crossfire grants nearly double the performance of a single gtx 570 in games that scale well, altough future drivers might increase the gap.

Anyone with crossfire 6870 with some opinion onto this would be great.

Thanks everybody

 

[liamnic2]

Id go with the 570

 

[Petchi b]

It depends, either option is viable. A GTX 570 would do fine for now and would be a lot more powerful in SLI than 2 6870's. If you do go with the 570 just make sure your PSU is big enough to add another later on.

 

[Flatsix]

It depends, either option is viable. A GTX 570 would do fine for now and would be a lot more powerful in SLI than 2 6870's. If you do go with the 570 just make sure your PSU is big enough to add another later on.

That's what I thought, until i saw gtx 570 / 6870 crossfire scaling, which wasn't as big as expected, sadly.

 

[tom_gr7]

I'd go for the single most powerful card available to yourself. So say a 570, try and spec up a rig with two 570's in sli to check which psu you will require.

So i'd suggest one 570 and psu big enough for two 570's for future proofing. Also check the if the mother board is compatible for sli.

 

[Flatsix]

That's what I was planning to do, I just hardly doubt a single GTX 570 will pull BF3 on 1080p with all eye candy turned up, 6870 most likely would due to raw power.

 

[Petchi b]

I'd go for the single most powerful card available to yourself. So say a 570, try and spec up a rig with two 570's in sli to check which psu you will require.

So i'd suggest one 570 and psu big enough for two 570's for future proofing. Also check the if the mother board is compatible for sli.

For two 570's you will need an 850W PSU.

 

[Flatsix]

Anyone else with a solid opinion ?

 

[Teaz]

in my view, just go for the crossfire as the 6870 is still a real good card. changing to a fresh 570 is not a real big brainer change. it may indeed be better than a 6870 alone but it isnt far off ahead. go for crossfire, saves you the deal of having a fresh set spent. in future when a new line of nvidia flagships come out, maybe then it will be a reasonable time to swap in a fresh gpu.

 

[M3aaaq]

^ **** bots? wtf?

OT: i'd go for the 570 and upgrade later (i just prefer nvidia so don't take my opinion)

 

[Wozza63]

id go for the 570 and prepare the system for another one later