3870x2 in crossfirex

[solofowaffles]

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/hands_on_preview_with_crossfirex

[Iwantcable]

We initially planned to test using Crysis as well, but ended up chucking it as a benchmark due to sporadic stability problems that we couldn’t explain.

Would have been nice to see how it ran.

[Vash2051]

Nice numbers but I don't get paying 100% more and getting 20% better performance. Still not worth it to me. I guess if you want the best go for it. Just think two 9800 gx2's will beat it. Finally the leapfrogging is back between Nvidia and ATi. Hopefully it'll bring down prices.

[Scinto]

Nice numbers but I don't get paying 100% more and getting 20% better performance. Still not worth it to me. I guess if you want the best go for it. Just think two 9800 gx2's will beat it. Finally the leapfrogging is back between Nvidia and ATi. Hopefully it'll bring down prices.

Price/Performance wouldnt be worth the extra cost.

[Eagle101]

I am hoping for Prices to go down for the 3870, since i want to get it for my mini ATX project.

[Scinto]

I am hoping for Prices to go down for the 3870, since i want to get it for my mini ATX project.

they have, they're £116 now from OcUK

[Hellsent 2.0]

Nice numbers but I don't get paying 100% more and getting 20% better performance. Still not worth it to me. I guess if you want the best go for it. Just think two 9800 gx2's will beat it. Finally the leapfrogging is back between Nvidia and ATi. Hopefully it'll bring down prices.

VR-Zone has gotten some preliminary 3DMark06 scores on the upcoming GeForce 9800 GX2 and 9800 GTX cards. The setup : Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66GHz processor on a P965 board with Forceware 173.67 drivers and Catalyst driver version 8.451. GeForce 9800 GX2 scored 14225, 9800 GTX scored 13167 while Radeon HD 3870 X2 scored 14301. Nvidia is still tuning up the drivers and the clock speeds aren't finalized yet so we should be seeing some improvements when launched. Currently, 9800 GX2 is slated for March 18th launch while 9800 GTX is slated for end March.

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[Eagle101]

they have, they're £116 now from OcUK

Yeah i found it @ ccl to be at 116 too thats cheaper than amazon!

[Vash2051]

I don't look at 3d mark scores anymore after the 2900 fiasco. Beat the 8800 in 3dmark but lost in everything else. Benchies aren't everything it seems. I want to see some game scores.

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[Vash2051]

You did that on purpose! Burn! Kind of funny seeing a dual chip card only 3k higher than a single core card...

[Hellsent 2.0]

rofl... 17k in 3dmark06 with 1x hd3870x2 and 2x hd3870...lol thats pretty bad......Oh crap...im on ATI side...Doh!!

[Vash2051]

I'm on whatever side is better at the time i purchase my card. ATi or Nvidia is irrelevant to me nowadays. And yes I used to be a hardcore ATi lover.

[Eagle101]

^^ QFT, i use to be an ATI fan too, but then i thought why?!? so i go with who dares wins!

[AllFoamNoBeer]

Is it possible to put two 3870X2's together?