GTX 560 ti vs GTX 570?

[Soultribunal]

Originally Posted by Iphikratous

Have you used AMD cards recently?

4 X 6850's (XFX) First set was Vanilla, second set was the Black Edition
2 X 6870's (XFX) Black Editions
2 X 6950's (XFX) Reference Editions
1 x 6970...

Plus all my support tickets too for the cards I sent back to find they were okay(even after all the trouble shooting with Support) and the emails of them telling me to go back to the drivers that came on my CD until the issues got sorted out.

I find that the issues are case by case, it depends on what game you play when the issues happen. Some people go without one problem, others have it constantly.

Arinoth here as well can testify to the joys of the 6XXX series cards.

Plus the builds I have done for clients...

I actually have pictures somewhere here of my Armor 90 with my 6950 in it...

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[Xeven]

I recently tried to migrate a 3-way reference 570 1280 setup to 3-way 6970 2048 as I found the 1280 MB VRAM to be somewhat lacking at 5760x1080. The cards were impressive at first during tuning/oc, but then I started playing games and found out that the two games I'm currently playing won't run "properly" due to the drivers (big surprise o.O). I put the 6970s back in their boxes and promptly returned them. Big waste of time that was. I now run a 3-way 570 2560 setup. They're non-reference, run hot and scream like a banshee at default fan profile, but my current games work without a hitch. The theoretical potential of the hardware doesn't matter much if you can't use it properly, if at all. Experiences differ of course, but this is mine.

[mo' power]

See my system specs for my vote.

[bvsbutthd101]

You may be able to overclock a 560 ti to 570 performance but you can always overclock the 570.
I say go big or go home. Buy the 570 :)

[yycraven]

Here is a question for you, how much you willing to pay for the card or cards. whats your budget.

[lilb0ibastard]

for the pure performance, i'd probably go with the GTX480 instead since it is a bit cheaper than the GTX570 and is about 5% faster generally and offers a bit more vram... but generates about twice as much heat and guzzles down much more energy =(

[bvsbutthd101]

Originally Posted by lilb0ibastard

for the pure performance, i'd probably go with the GTX480 instead since it is a bit cheaper than the GTX570 and is about 5% faster generally and offers a bit more vram... but generates about twice as much heat and guzzles down much more energy =(

K, I don't know about twice the heat. My 480 stays in the 70's while playing games. 60's depending on the game.

[_dangtx_]

well,it is more yes.

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but if you find a good deal,like 200 buckers or lower? go for it!

[bvsbutthd101]

well obviously the 570 runs cooler, but definitely not twice as hot. That's just ridiculous .