Quote Originally Posted by Levesque View Post
Don't be surprised.

For resolution over 1080p, for exemple 2560X1600, 6970 Crossfire or Tri-Fire will get ahead of 580 SLi or Tri-SLi with next gen graphic intensives games.
It's already ahead in some of the most graphic intense games out today!

And this with early drivers!

Sadly, for lower resolution, the 580/570 SLI are better choices for now...
We will see after a couple of new drivers from AMD if it stays like this at lower resolutions..
But for 30'' LCD and higher resolutions, a 6970 Crossfire/Tri set-up is a better choice for the upcoming games.

For 2560X1600 or multiple screen set-up, then the 6970 Crossfire/Tri-Fire will get ahead with upcoming drivers. The 2Gb of memory WILL make a difference.

It's really impressive. For 300$ less (2X140-150$), at 2560X1600, a 6970 Crossfire is on par, and often BETTER today then 580 SLI. Impressive...

And I don't care for 1980X1200 and lower resolutions. Top of the line cards are for 2560X1600 with high AA levels, and/or multiple screens set-up.
And there, the 580 SLi set-up is a joke for the price right now. IMHO.
Why 'sadly'? and having both giant screens and regualr 1080p screens in 3x configurations at the same moment running i can tell you that the 1080p
screens 580 sli is not a joke and can pull 120fps in games like f1 w/ all options on, that means wi a 120Hz refresh you can use all of that power in this typical resolution.

Same with metro, please explain any other confuguration that can hit 120fps w/ all options turned on in metro on these "i dont care for" resolutions you speak of?
Right now 2 gtx 580's can beat 3 6970's in heaven, yea they are overclocked but guess what? due to the design you can't overclock 6970's in 3x crossfire brick mode due to the shell overheat issue.

Please take your 2560x1600 cad monitor - yea thats what they are for - and enjoy your weak azz 59Hz refresh rates with optinos turned way down.