GTX 570 Fermi Versus 6970

Rig in my sig is starting to drop PCIE slots so a new build is in order. I am a light gamer and either of these two cards fit the budget. I have not really been paying attention to things since I built the rig in my sig. I am looking to get better gaming performance so I can play some newer games while I am building the new rig.
Here are the specific cards I am looking at.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130613
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102957

I am not sure if either card has any great performance advantages over the other. Any input is welcome.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/306?vs=292

The two cards really trade blows back and forth depending on the game/resolution being used. I don't think you can really go wrong one way or the other, I would just go by if you have a preference to either ATI or nVidia, if you want to use 3 monitors w/o using two cards ATI would be the way to go as eyefinity allows it.

I have no real preference for either ATI or nVdia. I have been researching all afternoon and came to the same conclusion about performance. I guess it will boil down to price when I hit the buy button. Thanks for the advice!

I use both nvidia and ati, what you might want to consider is a gtx 560 448 core, it basically is as fast as the cards mentioned and less expensive than the gtx 570.

For the price though and the cooler I would not consider any other card but that sapphire 6970, that thing looks awesome.

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=638&card2=640 hear is reallity if u looking card for games i offer u hd6970 if for video rendering and so on gtx 570 .... ppl say 560 aa8 is same as 6970 but com on ... it is far from it google for it if u dont beleave me .... hd 6970 good one not xfx club or somthing is = or bether then gtx 580 ... and now i would personaly offer to buy 6950 2gb one that u can unlock to hd6970 the best i knew now is sapphyre toxic one its cheaper then 6970 has same chip core and power suply so only need bios flash and they give u 2bios switch so its up to you bet best for price performance for games is 6950 and i'm saying so because i use it my self tested and feel great for it

+1 on the 6970. I have 2 in crossfireX, and what I love about it is the temps. Idle is 36 C, BF3 gaming is 47 C max! I have the Sapphire 6970s. Also, Eyefinity is what I plan to do next year when I have extra money and the grahics colors are just beautiful. The dual bios is awesome and if you srew up on the bios on profile 2, switch it to profile 1 and you will have access to default bios and recover!

I would not get the XFX 6950 830 Mhz 1 GB. The temps are aweful. While gaming BF3, temps reached 73C max! I have 2 HD 6970s in crossfireX and the max temp reached 47 C.