2560 x 1600 Gaming V id card question

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New build in the works here. Gathering parts. I want to up to a 30 inch monitor, probably the Dell U3011. The vid card is the question. GTX 580: will one card run this resolution well enough considering there are some new titles in the near future that may push it. Have considered just going SLI with 2 EVGA's. Even considered the GTX 590. I could go with the EVGA Super Clocked.


Advice? One card, SLI, or a 590. I want this thing to crank.

In case it helps here's my components so far:

Asus P8P67 Deluxe B3 Rev 3 Mobo
Corsair AX 1200 Power Supply
Corsair H70 CPU Cooler
Intel 2600 K Processor
Windows 7 Pro
Gskill Ripjaws X 8gigs, DDR3 1600 8 8 8 24
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
Cooler Master HAF X 942

I still have a Blu Ray Drive to decide on and an SSD. Hope the new ones hit reasonably soon or it may be an Intel 510. I already have an assortment of Hard Drives to plug in: Velociraptors and other data drives. And I have a Samsung DVD Burner from an old build to move over.

What say you?
 
That video card would be fine, I use a 280 GTX and don't have any issues. At 2560x1600 I don't find that AA is all that important myself.
 
Sneak said:
Asus P8P67 Deluxe B3 Rev 3 Mobo
Corsair AX 1200 Power Supply
Corsair H70 CPU Cooler
Intel 2600 K Processor
Gskill Ripjaws X 8gigs, DDR3 1600 8 8 8 24
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
Cooler Master HAF X 942
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That is almost identical to the system that I just built (except that I'm using the Antec HCP 1200 PSU and the Corsair Vengeance that Spooony referenced). I also bought a Dell U3011 earlier this year and I love it. Re: video, I opted for 2x EVGA 580 SC in SLI because I tend to game with max settings and I was worried that a single 580 might not provide solid frame rates @ 2560x1600 in that scenario. SLI has really come a long way since I last used it back in the 3dfx Voodoo 2 days. Good luck with your build. It's going to be awesome! ;-)
 
I have a 30" Dell 3008WFP and use a single GTX580 on an i7 920...runs smooth. But I can see me upgrading to SLI sometime in the next 6 months maybe.
 
You will run out of video memory on some games with the 1.5gb version of a GTX 580. I use up all 1.5gb if I max out Crysis 1 with AA. BFBC2 and Crysis 2 both use about 1.3gb. I'd get the 3GB version of the 580 and you will be fine.
 
Get the 3gb GTX 580s EVGA will be releasing in about a week or 2's time. The 1.5GB will be a problem for a few games now at 25x16 with certain settings and as games move forward you may have similar issues.
 
Lord_Exodia said:
Get the 3gb GTX 580s EVGA will be releasing in about a week or 2's time. The 1.5GB will be a problem for a few games now at 25x16 with certain settings and as games move forward you may have similar issues.
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Good advice. Don't buy the 580 1.5Gb or the 590. Not enough VRAM.

Wait for the ''Unicorn'', huh, I mean the 580 3Gb, or buy a 6990.
 
Being in a similar situation myself, I have a GTX570 and am looking forward to putting together a Sandy Bridge system.

At this point I've decided to switch teams- I'm seeing my 570 run out of memory already at 2560x1600 and I know that adding a second as I had planned isn't going to help the situation down the road. It's just too much of an investment to screw up, and it's now for sale.

My solution is to grab a pair of HD6950 2GB cards and see if I can unlock them to 6970 speeds; if I'm successful I have a system that will rival GTX580 SLi, if not it will still be as fast as GTX570 SLi, and in either case it will have cost quite a bit less.

Money saved will go into a nice sound card and a nice set of cans.
 
IdiotInCharge said:
My solution is to grab a pair of HD6950 2GB cards and see if I can unlock them to 6970 speeds; if I'm successful I have a system that will rival GTX580 SLi, if not it will still be as fast as GTX570 SLi, and in either case it will have cost quite a bit less.

Money saved will go into a nice sound card and a nice set of cans.
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This.
 
As long as you don't intend to play the new MMORPGs like RIFT at native res with all the goodies turned to max, a single 580 will be fine. SLI would be better.
 
BBA said:
As long as you don't intend to play the new MMORPGs like RIFT at native res with all the goodies turned to max, a single 580 will be fine. SLI would be better.
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i play rift, maxxed with a single 580 @ 2560x1600, no problem

sold one of my 580s as SLI gave me no real world improvements, going to 1 gpu was much smoother despite lower fps, both wow and rift ran better on single gpu than SLI despite what the FPS said
 
There's no way a single 580 is enough for me at 2560x1600... I need to have the eye-candy turned on.

TWO 580's for 2560x1600 = PERFECT.
 
I'm really debating going for a second 580 but mine has a 3-slot cooler and I am cautious about multi-gpu issues. Playing on a HP ZR30w.
 
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