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    6990 will be in stock on Monday is the 580 worth waiting till 8 08 12 .

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by hamilcar69, Jul 13, 2012.

  1. hamilcar69

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    I got a reburished system with one 560 . Due to the fact my original system was crossfire Dell has promised me the 580 in sli.

    But they will not be in stock untill 08 08 12.
    The 6990 crossfire cards will be in stock on monday. Is the 580 card much better than the 6990 . Is it worth the wait or should I just get the 6990.
     
    hamilcar69, Jul 13, 2012
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    They are both good cards. No physx on amd though and driver support appears to be better with nvidia judging from what I read here.
     
    ltcmdrQ, Jul 13, 2012
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    OP, as you know, I'd go 580m's all day long....pretty much for the same reasons as mentioned above, as we discussed.
     
    steviejones133, Jul 14, 2012
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    Go for the nVIDIA cards. There really is no point going to AMD multi-card setups until AMD recovers from their horrible mobile GPU support. nVIDIA isn't off the leash either because their 30x.xx drivers are quite flaky (except 301.42).
     
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    I agree- Best driver for the 580m's right now is probably 296.10 whql - that's what I am using and its rock solid.
     
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    Kills me to wait that long but will . Thanks for the advice
     
    hamilcar69, Jul 14, 2012
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    Definitively in a multi card setup go for nvidia
     
    vuman619, Jul 16, 2012
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    Absolutely worth waiting until Aug 8 for 580M SLI. Be sure the cards are assembled properly. There needs to be a plastic insulator between the back plate and PCB in the corners where the vRAM heat plates are located. Without that the cards will be shorted out and cause all kinds of problems. It is common that they are not assembled correctly and it makes people think something is wrong with the video cards when there is nothing wrong with them.

    This is covered in another thread with photos. I'll post a link.
     
    Mr. Fox, Jul 16, 2012
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    Thanks dell did send me the Sli
    [assembly kit. Funny thing only rep at dell that advised me to take the 6990 is the rep handling my case. I think he just wants me to go away. Lol :)
     
    hamilcar69, Jul 17, 2012
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    The 6990s have good driver support by now, don't they? I thought the problem is only with the new 7970s because I have been using 6990 for 8 months now and they seem to have good drivers...
     
    ahmadmud, Jul 17, 2012
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    Yeah. They run fine. They are so close to performance of 580m SLI though that its an advantage to have PhysX and Cuda and "potentially" better drivers in the future that work....we all know ho well AMD does "driver support" at the moment ;)
     
    steviejones133, Jul 17, 2012
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    true..u got that right
     
    ahmadmud, Jul 17, 2012
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    Here is the link: [Solution] NVIDIA GTX 580M - Code 43 - Revision FF - Display Artifacts: Repair Procedure
     
    Mr. Fox, Jul 17, 2012
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    Good news out of the blue the 580's came in the mail today .Glad I was patience. I am looking forward to trying out dawn of war 2 as this is my benchmark tool.
    First system had 280' got 42fps then got system with 4870's
    got 38 fps . Cards were replaced with 5870 got 50 fps. Latest system had one 560 got 41 GPS . Wonder what the 580's will get
     
    hamilcar69, Jul 18, 2012
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    I think you will be pleasantly shocked LOL
     
    steviejones133, Jul 19, 2012
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