Quote Originally Posted by Sly Fox View Post
I have a topic in the Intel support forum with this question asked as part, but I figure it couldn't hurt to ask in here real quick too.

Is there any reason to buy a 6970 or 6950 over the GTX 570 other than "supporting the underdog?"

Because in this case, I couldn't really care less about the underdog when he's grinding down parts to make heatsinks fit and delivering 3% performance gains.

Don't mean to incite flames or anything, anyone who knows me can tell you that I'm NOT an NV fanboy, and I typically take ATI's side. But I was pretty disappointed with the 6000 series, at least the stuff I've read thus far.
For multi monitor the 6900 series are above the GTX 570. The 1280 MB of ram puts a major limitation on the GTX 570 SLI when attempting to do multi monitor. The 2GB of ram on the 6900 series allows a crossfire setup with those cards to easily over come the GTX 570 SLI in multi monitor. This was shown just a few days ago by Kyle @ Hard OCP.

Even if it came down to a single monitor I would still choose a 6950 over a GTX 570. The card is with in spitting distance of a 570. It is $50 cheaper. Hell it is even with a 6970. IMO The 6970 is more of a outcast then any other card atm.