6990 or 6970 cf? OR 580cf or 590?

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Main reason for buying card is to play bf3. tri monitor 24" set up.
As I read on I keep learning bout eyefinity issues with three monitors and things not working in the game.
Microsturring etc...

I havent heard much on complaints on the Nvidea side.

hmm?
 
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If budget is no issue, i'd pick up 2 HD 6990s in CF for the ultimate gaming performance, my second choice would be the HD 6970s in CF or 3-way CF. I always recommend 3-way CF for Eyefinity.
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Again, thank you!!! As you said, my options are crossfired 6970's or 6990 with cooler and possible add another 6970 or 6990 in the future.

What I dont like about the 6990 is the heat isnt directed outside the case. But then again, most models of the 6970 that i've looked at dont either.

I think I might just flip a coin for this one. If you had the choice, my choice, what would you do....????
 
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I would need another motherboard to handle tri-crossfire. But if I recall what you said early on this thread or the other that if I get a 6990 now and add a 6970 later its considered tri-crossfire even though Im only using 2 pci slots? Is that a correct understanding of what I read?
 
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I would read some reviews before you buy either. BF3 is currently unplayable on a 6990, and you have people telling you Crossfired 6990's are the ultimate. Tom's Hardware was unable to recommend the 6990 due to the extreme noise levels. A pair of 6970's won't be far behind and will have their own host of issues to deal with. Think this one through and don't just focus on which setup offers the highest Frames Per Second. At some point, you will want to take into consideration ease of use, game compatibility, aesthetics (noise levels), and the overall ownership experience.

If you are truly looking for the "ultimate" gaming experience, then a pair of GTX 580's w/3gb in SLI is truly the best. Anything above that will be bottlenecked by even the best of the best systems.
 
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Main reason for buying card is to play bf3. tri monitor 24" set up.
It seems that the problems that most people were having are mostly gone. I wish that the article that your mentioning would be updated with the newest drivers that came out by amd on Oct 31, 2011
 
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No only single 1920x1080 I do a lot of 3d gaming. That's why I needed the extra horsepower. Eventually I would like to do triple screen in 3d, but I would need another 590 for that. I'm very competitive at online multiplayer so I need all my games to be @ 60fps.

My issues with my AMD cards were with BF3 and also 3d compatability.
 
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not only you many people were facing problems especially in BF3 with amd brand maybe AMD will fix this....
 
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If you go tripple screene you wished you were back with AMD due to the low mem.
 
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If what I read is correct I would agree with you. The key to what you said is 95% of the games... BF3 needs eats up all of that 1.5.

This sums up the article you posted. Thanks!!!

While moving up from 1 to 2 GB can be more easily justified in certain very high-end situations, it has to be said that 1.5 GB of video memory is sufficient and that there isn’t really any point in doubling this quantity of memory with higher density modules, even in SLI and surround.

Either games don’t require this level of memory, or the processing power required of the GPU in addition to memory demands is too high, even for the GeForce GTX 580s, as is the case in Metro 2033. While a Quad SLI system could however get you close to a level of performance in gaming conditions that require 3 GB per GPU, such a platform is both very extreme and for a very reduced number of users and certainly doesn’t justify the proliferation of 3 GB versions of the GeForce GTX 580.



 
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The 580 is one of the only cards thats powerful enough to make use of the full 3gb
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This basically sums it up
 
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