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13-07-11, 01:38 AM
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should I go ahead with the 6950 2gb crossfire or should i go with the single 580? the 580 is also cheaper. tempertures arent a problem as ill be doing watercooling
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13-07-11, 05:02 AM
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General rule of thumb is always get the best single card you can get for your money. I would def say the 580.
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13-07-11, 05:45 AM
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General rule of thumb is always get the best single card you can get for your money. I would def say the 580.
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agreed and +1 got a 580 and you wont be sorry and later if'n ya want add another one.
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13-07-11, 08:55 AM
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Single card all the way.
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13-07-11, 06:09 PM
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Single EVGA 580 
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13-07-11, 06:18 PM
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Single cards are always supported, sometimes scaling is bad with two. Either way the 580 is the way to go 
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13-07-11, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by SomaComa
should I go ahead with the 6950 2gb crossfire or should i go with the single 580? the 580 is also cheaper. tempertures arent a problem as ill be doing watercooling
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If you're keeping things long term (5 years+) then get two 6950s. If you're gonna upgrade every few months get the 580
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13-07-11, 07:06 PM
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If I was to get the 6950's i could easily run games on full settings and still sit at a nice 90fps+ and 180 fps + on black ops, and i would not need to upgrade for atleast 1 year... If i would get the gtx 580 then that would still allow me to play games on top settings without problems but i would most likely end up upgrading to sli in the next 5 months... Looks like ill go with the gtx 580 which means when i do go sli the performance will be unbalievable.
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13-07-11, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by SomaComa
If I was to get the 6950's i could easily run games on full settings and still sit at a nice 90fps+ and 180 fps + on black ops, and i would not need to upgrade for atleast 1 year... If i would get the gtx 580 then that would still allow me to play games on top settings without problems but i would most likely end up upgrading to sli in the next 5 months... Looks like ill go with the gtx 580 which means when i do go sli the performance will be unbalievable.
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Save up for a 590 and only use half the slots?
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14-07-11, 04:41 AM
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i want a crossfire setup for one reason, GPU death least with xfire or sli if one goes you got a backup untill you can replace the broken one or replace both if they are not made anymore.
plus bragging rights....
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