hey, ordering my own-built cpu today but cant decide what one of these to get



prices:

the 570 is 376 euro
the 580 is 500 euro

but it seems to me that the 570 being overclocked performs better..?

Sinc
phallan
It really depends what you want to do.  You've got to figure the prices on these cards will be consideribly LESS over time and most games made today won't utilize tomorrow's technology until, well tomorrow.  I personally would LOOK for two of last year's model and SLI them - two SLI cards for cheaper than 1 new card usually run at the same or better performance.

I am also one to avoid OC parts, because while they are MANIPULATED to get more power, they also come with more hardware built in to distribute that heat and consume more electricity.  You risk more that can go wrong, and you are putting more stress on the card which can shorten its life.How many more times are you going to be asking these questions? You must have 3 or 4 threads on what videocard to pick by now. One =)One what ? ?With the OPs logic... the GTX 570 would overclock to GTX 580 clocks, but the GTX 580 would overclock to 590 clocks...
But we're looking at top of the line equipment here... I would wait for a while and hope that nVidia releases their GTX 600 series soon; they already have the GT 635M and 630M out for their laptop line...
Whatever you do, don't end up like this person, who got so mad that he exchanged a GTX 570 for a GTX 470 (you heard me right) when it came with a non-reference cooler instead of a reference one. Apparently he was satisfied at the end.
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=d418703afed8ee4eeedae7754561eb2f&t=1594813&page=3Thank you for all your answers, guys! I ended up GETTING the GTX 580 with Windforce COOLING =)