advice on video card on new build

here is the build so far:

Case - COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0 and Black Interior

Motherboard - ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

SSD - Intel 320 Series SSDSA2CT040G3K5 2.5" 40GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

PSU - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

CPU - Intel Core i5-2300 Sandy Bridge 2.8GHz (3.1GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52300

Memory - CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Disk Drive - LITE-ON Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA 12X Blu-ray Burner with Blu-ray 3D feature IHBS112-29 - Blu-Ray Burners

OS - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - Operating Systems

I use a 50 inch plasma (panasonic TC-P50ST30 1080p 3D) for gaming on my PS3, so I want to use it for the computer too. The computer is being built with the idea that Elder Scrolls: Skyrim will be played on the highest settings. I realize the highest resolutions are on the smaller computer monitors,I just like playing on the big screen HDTV from the couch. With that in mind, I've had two recommendations on video cards on a separate forum. One suggesting the GTX 590 and another suggesting 2 superclocked GTX 570's SLI. The reviews from tom's hardware seem to indicate that 2 570's is way to go. Any opinions would be helpful, as I am not very knowledgeable on the subject.

thanks

id just get a single 580. the 590 and 670 SLI have two faults that both recommenders probably forgot. compatibility.

dual gpu's still arent really that wellr ecieved in a gaming market. as a result alot of games lack support in fact its somewhere near the 85% mark of all games DONT dual gpu support. and nvidia and amd have both been left holding the phone and needing to erect makeshift support systems for them. themselves and the results are meh at best.

sli suffers basically the same problem that dual gpu's like the 590 do. they also take up more space, use more power and make more noise and heat. sup cut back and get the 580.

now for my reasoning. to date NO game @ launch has needed the best single-gpu card money can buy and i doubt highly skyrim is going to go about doing that. even @ 1080p. perhaps @ 2560p but i highly doubt your tv has support for that since its an hdtv (meaning 1080p support or lower.

use the extra cash to beef up your cpu & get a core i5 2500 or 2500k. my reason this is 2011 man. heck tablet has tri core's these days. there is 0 excuses available NOT to have a quad core these days. unless your building a pc for someone with nothing to do but wordprocess or document generate in general. as a quad core is that essential.

heck given the choice betwen a core i3 2300 and a phenom I X4 id probably sitll take the phenom I despite being significantly weaker. as there isnt an excuse to go dual core anymore. their that vital for every day computing.

i was also gonna go with a 590 but got a 570 instead. and its great! i also play on 52" hdtv! bad company 2 and crysis look and play great at 1080p with x4 aa and everything else at max settings... so yeah id just get a single card for now if i was u... either a 570 or 580 u can always add another later when theyre cheaper! btw get the i5 2500k instead of the i3

i was under the impression that the i-5 2300 that i listed was quad-core. i originally had the i-7 2600k on there, but was told i didn't need that much for a gaming build.

i was under the impression that the i-5 2300 that i listed was quad-core. i originally had the i-7 2600k on there, but was told i didn't need that much for a gaming build.

jburvant

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i was under the impression that the i-5 2300 that i listed was quad-core. i originally had the i-7 2600k on there, but was told i didn't need that much for a gaming build.

rogelio22

the i3 series is and will always be 2 core cpu's not quad core.

the core i5 2400, 2500 or 2500k are much better value for your dollar the 2600k is overexcessive for gaming. but its not like a happy medium doesnt exist lol.

Up your cpu to a i5-2500k. If you have to becuase of budget down your ram to 4gb and get a p67 board, as the features of a z68 dont warrant the extra spending. A 580 would do for now, but in the future when you want extra gpu power buy another 580.

sounds good, thanks for the advice.

i'll upgrade to the i-5 2500k and go with the gtx 580. is there much difference between the gtx 580 and the superclocked version?

sounds good, thanks for the advice.

i'll upgrade to the i-5 2500k and go with the gtx 580. is there much difference between the gtx 580 and the superclocked version?

jburvant

sort of the superclcoked version is more or less the fan favourite due to its cooler running design. but your call really if you think the cooler running less nois card is worth it.

thanks, i 'll go with the superclocked 580 then.

I would just get th GTx 580 lightning and overclock it(dont know whether it it overclocked or not).