560 SLI Vs 580

[T.A.K]

I have been finding myself weighing the two options out. I just cant make the decision on the better setup.

Both cost roughly the same, use around the same wattage, and produce about the same heat.

The 560X2 is slightly more powerfull especially with it's OC headroom. On the other hand SLI is a bit harder to manage and 1gb of VRAM is only good for small video setups.

The 580 takes up less space, is most likely quieter, and has the advantage on boards that only have one 16x PCIe slot.

What do you all think? Favor SLI or lone wolf?

 

[JezEngland]

Denpending on the other components, if they are modern and high-tech i think get a 580 so you can add a second

 

[T.A.K]

Denpending on the other components, if they are modern and high-tech i think get a 580 so you can add a second

That is an option, but it would make a 580 build more pricey so that you dont have an 850 watt psu shitt'n bricks with 2 580s hooked up.

 

[Tortuga]

I have been finding myself weighing the two options out. I just cant make the decision on the better setup.

Both cost roughly the same, use around the same wattage, and produce about the same heat.

The 560X2 is slightly more powerfull especially with it's OC headroom. On the other hand SLI is a bit harder to manage and 1gb of VRAM is only good for small video setups.

The 580 takes up less space, is most likely quieter, and has the advantage on boards that only have one 16x PCIe slot.

What do you all think? Favor SLI or lone wolf?

It just depends on what sort of games your wanting to play and what resolutions. Also you have to consider the upgrade path. Two 560s will be fine for years to come. But if you get a 580 you know that you can always plunk another 580 in, 6 months, or a year down the road for serious resolution or surround gaming.

 

[JezEngland]

The opportunity to save is there, so next year you PC will rock.

Ye and my 2 480's run Metro 2033 maxed well for 99% of the game on 1 1920x1080 monitor and the memory usage is near 3 Gb, thats with NVIDIA Control Pannel options maxed and V Sync'd. Any less the game will drag i think

I added a 9800GT for PhysX, thats in process of being exchanged now. The 9800GT helped a descent bit at the heavy effect parts.

 

[Sihastru]

It's a no brainer really, GTX580.

 

[Mustang]

I'm in the same boat, 560 SLI or 580

Not too bothered about future proofing, i.e. drop in another 580

Anyone tested the OC headroom of these relative to each other?

e.g. 560 SLI 10% more performance than 580 @ stock, but 30% more at OC

Or does 580 actually take the advantage under OC?

My main concern right now is SLI microstutter issues

I've seen seriously bad microstutter in the past

But can't find any info on how the 560's hold out

The other thing I'm not sure about is whether the Fonconn Flaming Blade

I'll be dropping these into, supports x16/x16

 

[JezEngland]

TinyTomLogan said like the overclocked GTX 560 and system total scored a little over 20,000 points in a benchmark, on the Youtube video.

In the Youtube video about the GTX 580 he said like the overclocked SLI GTX 580 and system total scored about EDIT: 35,000 points and i guess it's the same benchmark.

Fermi hasn't shown me much microstutter and i did fix it adjusting the Control Pannel Settings, like enabling tripple buffering to help V Sync, or re-loading the benchmark

 

[Mustang]

I'd be interested to see a ASUS 580 DirectCU II vs MSI N580GTX Lightning Frozr 3 overclockoff

 

[cbiltsouris]

^^^^

use a sabertooth buddy

+ I run my 580s in sli with my corsair 850 ax perfectly fine

 

[Sihastru]

Looking around at the actual prices we see that in most cases the price of the 2x560 SLI setup is the same as the price of the single 580, performance is about the same but only at lower resolutions.

The 1GB framebuffer and lower bandwith is starving the GTX560 a little bit when you use 1920x or 2560x, add AA/AF and the performance starts to drop a lot more on the SLI setup then on the single 580.

Also the SLI setup will consume more power at peak then the single 580.

It really doesn't make sense to get a 560 SLI setup when the 580 is avaiable.

 

[Mustang]

Awesome tips mate, 1920 will be a minimum for me

Now to find a 580 that takes my fancy

 

[murphy7801]

GTX 580 but what for a sli 560 review

 

[bbcake009]

sli 480 ???? w/ a 9800GT ???? did the 9800GT did not slow your system? I'm planning to use a GTS 250 1GB 256-bit DDR3 128 processor W/ a single 470GTX and I'm worried the 250GTS can't keep up

 

[JezEngland]

9800GT is for physX. Look at this: http://forum.overclock3d.net/index.php?/topic/31853-physx-dedicated-9800-gt-in-a-pcie-10x16-x4/

I had a 250GTS run with 1 480, it's similar to the 9800GT. GTS 250's dual slot cooler doesn't fit under the 480's. The 9800GT has a single slot cooler.

 

[JezEngland]

Benchmark scores is mentioned:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-dM_TSQSbg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3u-ieHaLvo&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7yccXE4fY0&feature=player_embedded

 

[bbcake009]

GTS 250's dual slot cooler doesn't fit under the 480's. The 9800GT has a single slot cooler.

In Metro 2033 performance is improved

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Improvised my friend... That's where the dremel comes in... Its all about modifications....