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Kevin1514

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I currently am running two 9800 GTX in SLI. I pretty much only play Lord of the Rings Online and sometimes Civilization V. It seems to run well, but recently it seems I've had to decrease my graphics settings in LotRO so I'm thinking I should get a new card. I've always been partial to NVIDIA cards and was looking at getting a GTX 560 when its released, but am considering a GTX 570. I run at 1920x1080. Any opinions?
 
While I prefer ATI cards myself, Civ V has proven to be better on NV cards in that higher levels of AA are possible, which will be desirable at that resolution.
 
Well I'd stick with Nvidia if you just want to upgrade if you go with ATI it's sort of a crapshoot might nuke your system. ATI drivers always make me leary fresh install going from one to the other is the way to go. But a 570 is a great card I'd love to get one
 
Hard to go wrong with a GTX570. It would own any game at 1920x1080.
 
SpongeBob said:
Well I'd stick with Nvidia if you just want to upgrade if you go with ATI it's sort of a crapshoot might nuke your system. ATI drivers always make me leary fresh install going from one to the other is the way to go. But a 570 is a great card I'd love to get one
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Not true, a full driver uninstall is usually enough.

There is no advantage to nvidia in Civilization V with a single card.
The GTX580 is 16% faster than the HD6970 (which is enough to allow 2x TRSS to be added to 8x MSAA without a performance drop) but is 35% more expensive, at $500.
The HD6970 is 6% faster than the GTX570, and is 6% more expensive, dead even.
The GTX570 is 3% faster than an HD6950, but is 17% more expensive, so that one's a win for AMD.
An HD6950 is probably the best buy for Civ V right now

References: http://hardocp.com/article/2010/12/14/amd_radeon_hd_6970_6950_video_card_review/4
 
Look at the benchmark again. The trend does not change at 2560x1600 versus 1920x1200, it's skewed i favour of the GTX570 by the same amount at each res. Personally I'd trust HardOCP over Anandtech.

Anandtech give the 570 a 25% lead at 2560 res, whereas HardOCP give the 6970 a 6% lead.
Anandtech only give the 570 a 19% lead at 1920 res, so you could argue that in HardOCP's test, the 6970 would fare even better.
 
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