Thanks for the replies, guys. Well, I've wanted a 5970 since it was released - it's been my dream GPU. But you're right. If it's got wear on it, then maybe not such a smart move. The 6990 is still $700, so Bryan you know that's out for me!Originally Posted by Bryan
I was looking more at what a GTX 570 cost, and saw a few HD 5970's go for similar prices on Ebay, so it just got me to thinking...I could move the 5970 over to Kat's rig, send the two 4870's out of there to my Dad's rigs, and then I would have room for the new GPU in the DrPop rig.
Thing is, I hate to be CUDA only, in case I am needed on an ATI/AMD project...but maybe they are just better for the money right now?
One last comparison, because anything over this $ amount would have to wait a considerable while; what do you guys think of this EVGA GTX 460X2 card? In theory it should be ~1814 GFLOPS vs the GTX 570 @ 140 GFLOPS or a GTX 580 @ 1581 GFLOPS. I mean, for $370 (w/ rebate) it would smoke the $450 GTX 580 for crunching, right?
Or maybe I'm missing something...
And lastly, I'm also wondering if we should all just hold off on the GPUs until the next gen arrives in about 2 months. I've been reading those rumors of AMD's next gen GPUs hitting 2x the performance with the same watts due to the new smaller die size. That would pay for itself real quick in electricity costs if the benchmarks bear these rumors out!
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