puma99dk

malVizio

you got low fps with a SLI of 570 on skyrim?
i didn't yet installed yet those HD's text but i would try!!
btw he already got a 570? if you pay 30$ to change it's ok but not for much more $$...not with Kepler incoming...
not whit those news:

depends on prices and if they choose to put atleast 2gb vram om their cards if they don't, they suck, not to be rude but still these days less than 2gb vram makes a lot of difference when u do newer games like BF3, Skyrim and others that why i am thinking about the GTX 570 2560mb but well depends on when they release their cards that's written about the price of a Radeon HD 7950 3gb.

Just wanting to add some comments here for you. Hopefully it will  help you decide.
 
EVGA offers a 90 Step up Program. I take full advantage of it whenever possible. While I cannot comment on if and when the next gen is coming... You could judge the "Window" and use a current gen to then potentially trade it in at full value towards the next gen card. Read up on the restrictions and such here...
 
One other thing. What I am about to tell you is known more at a high level simply because it is not as well known as say the term SLI and how/why/what makes it work.
 
More times than not folks that have a lower memory card and does not have access to a higher memory card tends to offer "Partial" information. They simply have not personally experienced the difference and look at their on screen info from Precision (Just for an example) and think there is no need for a higher Vram card in single monitor use.
 
Simply put, all Video drivers from AMD and Nvidia now try to give jitter/lag or stutter free performance. Even though we personally set our settings in a game for our likes/performance. There is always times that the video card(s) cannot perform at that/those settings. So the video driver is now consistently monitoring (Well it has always done that, but they have improved on it) the output so to speak, looking for lag/stutter times and dropping it's internal settings for that split second so you see a seamless video performance on your screen.
 
This is why some folks are currently challenged with Vsync as it is causing a little conflict with this. Where in the past setting Vsync on did this job quite well. Well now with this newer "Downclocking" that the driver is doing it can cause some other issues. Just like any other Driver update can.
 
Basically... the newer drivers look ahead to see if any issue is coming up. And the amount of issues has been reduced due to this improvement.
 
Why am I telling you a little about this? Simple. All drivers monitor every setting you select and controls the video card within it's limits. This means...
 
Just a general For What it Is Worth. All settings (Including resolutions), and components with exception of the GPU's... And the same exact game place/time

• 1280mg GPU will show say 1250mb used @ 45fps
• 2560mb GPU will show say 1640mb used @45fps
• 3000mb GPU will show very similar results to the 2560mb card. Only when you hit the ceiling on the 2560mb card would the 3000mb card (Memory wise) would you see it perform better.

All I am showing/saying here... The video drivers hold back the GPU's so you get the best end-user performance. This is not only about FPS. It is about the "Eye Candy" and "Flow" of the visual performance.For years folks hated the lag/stuttering/jitter and all camps want their users happy. The way they help the end user (Simply because most just install the card(s) and never OC or play with the drivers control panels) is by designing the drivers to allow the best possible end user experience. Of course if an end user set the game setting to high, all this seems like a waster of time as the drivers can only do so much to help.
 
There are countless things that can effect performance and frankly why getting more Vram is worth the cost. But ultimately how you decide to set up your game and control panel is the key.
 
A very long winded, but worth the time and effort read is here... A few members here have used that link to create their own "Help for others" threads here. As it seems a bit long winded for most of us