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hey guys,

so this is the system I just bought:

ASUS P8Z68-V Z6
CORSAIR 750W CMPSU-750TXV2
INTEL CORE I5 2500K
4gx2 CORSAIR CML8GX3M2A1600C9B Ram
1T SAMSUNG HD103SJ
Evga geforce gtx 570 superclocked

It hasn't quite arrived yet and I am now second guessing the purchase of my GPU..

Which do you think will perform better?

2 GTX470 running SLI or sticking with the EVGA Geforce GTX570 superclocked??

Thanks

I'd stick with the single 570. Likely less power draw, heat, noise. Plus, you avoid all the SLI-related issues.

I agree with morphine.
The 470 in SLI will perform about 10-15% better in most situations but it is power hungry. You can easily hit 550-650 Watts of total power use, and the cards will easily go over 90C in SLI configuration. In comparison with a single Geforce 570, your total computer power usage will be about 230-330 Watts at full GPU load depending on your computer configuration. It also runs about 15C cooler and with about 10-15 Db less sound than the 470 SLI well.