Hey all, I just bought an ASUS VS247H-P 24" monitor to replace my ancient HP w1907 but I am concerned running that 24" ASUS at 1080p as well as my very, very ancient Philips 180B2 monitor running at 1280x1024 will be too much for my lone GTX 460.
However, I have somewhat prepared for this, as I bought an ASUS 980a mobo when I was building my computer thinking I'll SLI my GTX 460 very shortly, but I underestimated how strong the single GTX 460 was at 1440x900 gaming and never actually needed to upgrade to two of them. Speed up to today; I'm two generations behind and 5 series are bound to start dropping, and I've been eyeing up the GTX 570 which has now dropped to ~$250 street. I can access a GTX 460 for $100 easy, but then I come with the stress of extra drivers, constantly checking for new SLI driver releases for new games and etc. etc. in exchange for roughly ~15-20% more power over a single GTX 570 (in applications that support it.
So now that I'm at this stalemate I ask for your guys' opinions! Safeguard my previous investment in a single GTX 460 or go up to a GTX 570/other unforeseen path? I'm quite cold on AMD/ATi because I haven't used one in 3 years (HD 3870x2) and I'd be pretty ignorant on ATi software support.
However, I have somewhat prepared for this, as I bought an ASUS 980a mobo when I was building my computer thinking I'll SLI my GTX 460 very shortly, but I underestimated how strong the single GTX 460 was at 1440x900 gaming and never actually needed to upgrade to two of them. Speed up to today; I'm two generations behind and 5 series are bound to start dropping, and I've been eyeing up the GTX 570 which has now dropped to ~$250 street. I can access a GTX 460 for $100 easy, but then I come with the stress of extra drivers, constantly checking for new SLI driver releases for new games and etc. etc. in exchange for roughly ~15-20% more power over a single GTX 570 (in applications that support it.
So now that I'm at this stalemate I ask for your guys' opinions! Safeguard my previous investment in a single GTX 460 or go up to a GTX 570/other unforeseen path? I'm quite cold on AMD/ATi because I haven't used one in 3 years (HD 3870x2) and I'd be pretty ignorant on ATi software support.