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HIS IceQ Turbo H697QT2G2M Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161382

vs

EVGA 025-P3-1579-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) HD 2560MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130687

For game development (3ds max, visual studio 2010, etc.) and gaming. I already have the rest of the pc picked out and will be purchasing soon, but with the decent price difference between the two I was wondering with the differences would it be reason enough to go with the HIS......as the original choice recommended to me was the EVGA.

HIS $319.99 after rebate vs EVGA $394.99

Thanks in advance for the help

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HIS IceQ Turbo H697QT2G2M Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161382

vs

EVGA 025-P3-1579-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) HD 2560MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130687

For game development (3ds max, visual studio 2010, etc.) and gaming. I already have the rest of the pc picked out and will be purchasing within a month, but with the decent price difference between the two I was wondering with the differences would it be reason enough to go with the HIS......as the original choice recommended to me was the EVGA.

HIS $319.99 after rebate vs EVGA $394.99

Thanks in advance for the help

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http://www.hwcompare.com/9020/gefo [...] n-hd-6970/ the benchmarks are relatively close. and since the 6970 is 60 bucks cheaper that would probably be the most desirable card. but ive always been an nvidia guy so if it were me id get the 570

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EVGA has a very good reputation and offer a good warranty service. I'm not sure about HIS.

Its going to come down to brand preference between Nvidia and AMD. Both the 570 and 6970 and very comparable in performance.

Nvidia drivers are also superior to AMD drivers. Something to consider.

TBH with kepler around the corner its a bad time to buy a graphics card imo. I would wait for kepler to release. Once kepler comes out the 570s and 6970s will drop in price.

Message edited by Gothams Finest on 02-08-2012 at 06:40:56 PM

I'd say the amd would be a better choice...since it's a bit cheaper and more or less the same quality....

Is that the only 2 you choosing from or would you consider changing your mind....the gtx580 is a beast :sol:

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Its a Personal Preference, Do you want Affordable. If so go with the 6970. However i wouldn't naturally pick HIS. I usually pick Sapphire or XFX before any other brand for AMD. NVIDIA Geforce has a Strong community as well as good drivers and support. If it were me that had to buy one. I would probably get the 570. Just because since you are using Intel, Don't use a Intel Reference Mobo's Get either the ASRock or the ASUS. I have used ASUS for a long time from Desktop Computer to motherboards to Desktop graphics cards and not a Single Issue what so ever. If i were you tho since your case is the 912. You'd have alot more space if you used : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131806

I know you probably have your mind set on all the other parts. But its just a recommendation.

Also notice the things i have changed are same price.
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You might be better off with an XFX or Sapphire Radeon instead of HIS, but HIS is not bad. I'd put them right behind Sapphire and XFX in quality.

I'm not suggesting you go for the cheapest, just look at the other options too. almost $400 is a high price for a GTX 570, the only boon it has over other 570s is it's 2560MB instead of 1280MB of RAM. That's also why I'd recommend the 6970 instead, it has 2048MB and is about the same speed and is cheaper. The 570's standard 1280MB is becoming too little for 1080p gaming and some games go over it at 1080p max quality settings.

The increased RAM on the 6970 also means that if in the future you want to upgrade so you just grab another 6970 and crossfire them that it will handle higher resolutions and quality settings than two GTX 570s. That makes it even more future proof in the long run. If the 2560MB GTX 570s were cheaper then they'd be just as good or better, but they are too expensive for their performance. At that price it would be better to grab a Radeon 5970 from Ebay instead, they tend to go for about $400 there and are faster than a GTX 570 and Radeon 6970. If you did this, make sure it's the 4GB 5970 or you'll have even less RAM per GPU than a standard GTX 570.

Also, the i7-2600K has absolutely no advantage over the i5-2500K in gaming. Games don't use the extra thread provided by Hyper-threading and that's where most of the i7's increased performance comes from. The i7s are great for highly threaded work but games tend to be unable to even utilize a quad core's four physical threads, let alone an additional four logical threads. Games are almost universally single or dual threaded. This is changing, but that's why the i5-2500K is a quad core, it will still be at or ahead of games in threads for some time to come.

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HIS makes good cards. The GTX 570 and Radeon 6970 perform very closely, you can't tell the difference between the two, although the 570 is indistinguishably faster. Since the HIS card is both cheaper and also a great card I'd recommend it over the GTX 570 you looked at, but there are much cheaper 570s on Newegg.com going all the way down to $309.99 for the cheapest. The cheapest Radeon 6970 is $299.99.

You might be better off with an XFX or Sapphire Radeon instead of HIS, but HIS is not bad. I'd put them right behind Sapphire and XFX in quality.

I'm not suggesting you go for the cheapest, just look at the other options too. almost $400 is a high price for a GTX 570, the only boon it has over other 570s is it's 2560MB instead of 1280MB of RAM. That's also why I'd recommend the 6970 instead, it has 2048MB and is about the same speed and is cheaper. The 570's standard 1280MB is becoming too little for 1080p gaming and some games go over it at 1080p max quality settings.

The increased RAM on the 6970 also means that if in the future you want to upgrade so you just grab another 6970 and crossfire them that it will handle higher resolutions and quality settings than two GTX 570s. That makes it even more future proof in the long run. If the 2560MB GTX 570s were cheaper then they'd be just as good or better, but they are too expensive for their performance. At that price it would be better to grab a Radeon 5970 from Ebay instead, they tend to go for about $400 there and are faster than a GTX 570 and Radeon 6970. If you did this, make sure it's the 4GB 5970 or you'll have even less RAM per GPU than a standard GTX 570.

Also, the i7-2600K has absolutely no advantage over the i5-2500K in gaming. Games don't use the extra thread provided by Hyper-threading and that's where most of the i7's increased performance comes from. The i7s are great for highly threaded work but games tend to be unable to even utilize a quad core's four physical threads, let alone an additional four logical threads. Games are almost universally single or dual threaded. This is changing, but that's why the i5-2500K is a quad core, it will still be at or ahead of games in threads for some time to come.

Thanks for the info........how about the i5 2500k vs the i7 2600k for programming using visual studio, 3ds max, etc. Would any of the design programs out there now make use of the extra threads the i7 2600k would have? Its going to be school/work first then gaming rig

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Oh yes, professional applications will make use of the i7's Hyper-Threading.

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