So i did take the plunge and change my SLI 570 setup for a single 7970 i know some people will think im crazy but wanted to say a couple of things that may or may not help anyone else in a similar situation.
Having watched all of Toms 7970 videos and reading online i decided to take the plunge for a few reason which ill go through later, but i did bench with heaven before and after.
GTX 570 SLI score 2031
7970 Single card score 1925
As you can see the difference is low at just over 100 points which is about a 5% difference.
So something else that a lot of people will think I am nuts about , but my 2 570's didnt match one was a PALIT and other a MSI. The PALIT is about 20mm longer in length and the cards look very different. This bothered me as i really like making my system look nice and this took away from it.
Toms videos showed the 7970s to have different coloured PCB , I myself went with ASUS because theirs was black as well as their cards being very reliable for me in the past and all round liking them.
Ok so heres the part that will either have people agreeing or calling me nuts, i never intended to get 2 x 570s but a second one came my way at a price I couldn't say no to. The fact they don't match bugged me and when you add on to that, that I am planning on putting my system underwater in the next month or 2 and wanted to make it a project with pictures and video the fact they were very different and also the fact it would mean another 70 pounds for another block plus needed more radiator real estate it made my mind up.
The other factor was I was able to effectivly just swap my cards for the single gpu solution.
Anyways enough about my madness or strangeness.
The things I wanted to put in here which may help other people.
1. The ASUS 7970 has a BLACK PCB.
2. On the same system and settings the ASUS 7970 Overclocked to max settings in CCC benches nearly the same as 570s Overclocked in SLI.
3. The price for buying either of these is pretty much the same.
Thats pretty much it , I should state I am a fanboy of neither and really dont have a preference either way. I did go from a 5850 which was fine for a long time but driver issues were annoying at times, the 570s I didnt have any issues with.
Having watched all of Toms 7970 videos and reading online i decided to take the plunge for a few reason which ill go through later, but i did bench with heaven before and after.
GTX 570 SLI score 2031
7970 Single card score 1925
As you can see the difference is low at just over 100 points which is about a 5% difference.
So something else that a lot of people will think I am nuts about , but my 2 570's didnt match one was a PALIT and other a MSI. The PALIT is about 20mm longer in length and the cards look very different. This bothered me as i really like making my system look nice and this took away from it.
Toms videos showed the 7970s to have different coloured PCB , I myself went with ASUS because theirs was black as well as their cards being very reliable for me in the past and all round liking them.
Ok so heres the part that will either have people agreeing or calling me nuts, i never intended to get 2 x 570s but a second one came my way at a price I couldn't say no to. The fact they don't match bugged me and when you add on to that, that I am planning on putting my system underwater in the next month or 2 and wanted to make it a project with pictures and video the fact they were very different and also the fact it would mean another 70 pounds for another block plus needed more radiator real estate it made my mind up.
The other factor was I was able to effectivly just swap my cards for the single gpu solution.
Anyways enough about my madness or strangeness.
The things I wanted to put in here which may help other people.
1. The ASUS 7970 has a BLACK PCB.
2. On the same system and settings the ASUS 7970 Overclocked to max settings in CCC benches nearly the same as 570s Overclocked in SLI.
3. The price for buying either of these is pretty much the same.
Thats pretty much it , I should state I am a fanboy of neither and really dont have a preference either way. I did go from a 5850 which was fine for a long time but driver issues were annoying at times, the 570s I didnt have any issues with.
