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I am looking into building a high performance PC. For a video card I was looking at getting the "EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD Superclocked 1280MB GDDR5 (012-P3-1573-AR) nVidia GeForce GTX 570Chipset(797MHz) 1280MB GDDR5 Memory(3900MHz)." Then I read about SLI and I was wondering wether it is better to one high quality video card, or multiple lower quality video cards.

My motherboard is the "Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Socket 1366 Intel X58 Chipset Dual-Channel DDR3."
My processor is the "Intel Core i7 960 Quad-Core Socket LGA1366, 3.2Ghz, 4.8GT/s QPI, 8MB L3 Cache, 45nm."

Also I would like to know what would be good video cards to use.

2 560ti cards will blow a single 570 out of the water. Cheaper by a hundred, too. The MSI TwinFrozr cards are good, but no one beats EVGA.

Cheaper by 100 each or cheaper by 100 total.

ehhh...once again @nog...x is a bit askew on his facts.

First off, he's a little loose with the term "blow...out of the water," but 2 560ti's will outperform a single 570 in most benchmarks. Secondly, a single GTX570 cost about $300 retail. The two 560ti's will run you $200 each. I think nog's calculator might be broken, but either way, the 560's will run you an additional $100 for an SLI config. Not a bad route to go though...

Link your sources, please. Rebates can change a lot. As soon as this stupid linux laptop cools, I'll pull my sources up again.

560ti - $219.99+

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... ageSize=20

570 - $329.99+

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... agesize=20

2 x 219.99 = $439.98

I wouldn't BS you, and I research my points before I post. Rebates non-withstanding, there is always a deal to be had, but 2 x 560ti's are more expensive than a GTX570.

Sorry. I found the same thing. old prices. <sigh>

All good. Just want to make certain that folks get the proper facts.

so TWO 570 would OWN 2 560s?
I ask as I have 2 evga 570's in SLI and have a third slot open and
seriously PONDERING adding a third muwahahahaahahahahahahah

Uh, yeah. It would do that. Now, me and my 520 will go hide in the basement from your shader cores.