GTX 580 vs. ATI 6970?

[Flyby]

Originally Posted by Hellman1966

I'm looking at the 580 3gb. However, I seem to keep finding different builds of supposedly the same card!
The Palit looks like the best value. Link here http://www.ginger6.com/palit-pcie-p-...edium=Shopping

Anyone steer me in the right direction of the 580 of choice?

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85FG_Wolf.

Oh! I see now. Here in the yard (U.S.) the 3gb GTX580 is known as the GTX 590, and it has two GPUs on it. It costs around $700.00 USD and is out of stock. I didn't know such name variations existed, but your 3gb 580 with a single GPU (?) seems to cost as much as the 2-GPU 590 sold here. At least I didn't see a dual GPU listed in the specs of that Palit card. Seems sort of a rip, if so. Here's a link to the 590. It shows dual 512-stream processing GPUs. Probably sucks enough power to dim a city: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-630-_-Product
BTW, I guess no one has an answer to my question about the comparison in the link; which bold-type specs better suit CoD? I wonder if, at those performance levels, it makes a difference? Anyone? ANYONE!!!

Flyby out