GTX 580 vs. ATI 6970?

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Originally Posted by maclean525

#1. Single screen, lower res, money not an issue. NVidia ALL THE WAY. That's their sweet spot, incredible frame rates.

#3. Multi-screen eyefinity or very large resolutions, cheaper price. Absolutely go 6970.

This is only partially true. On HD resolutions their performance (6950 vs. 560 Ti & 6970 vs. 570) is more or less the same. Turn on some AA and AF and Nvidia has the lead.

As a matter of fact, on some lower (below HD) resolutions 68XX family of cards is faster than 560 Ti.

The exception are CoD players and those using Eyefinity like yourself where those extra amounts of VRAM are really useful.