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the ati cards also have better image quality.
crossfire 3870 are better and cheaper than 8800gt SLI.
though crossfire/ATI boards are hard to find for some reason
all the ones i found won't specify dual x16
what one is APOK using?
its expreview isn't it?AnandTech is a pro-Nvidia/Intel party, big time. Take that in consideration when you look at their postings.
The 38xx are behind the 8800's in AA, but do great everywhere else. I am hoping to move to one myself.
That might have been true for R600, but RV670 is massively improved in those areas.Kjølen;1268133 said:I'm not entirely sure I want to go with ATi, though. Lately, it seems that they've been having a lot of heat and power-consumption issues, but I could be mistaken.
MSI K9A2 Platinum, using BIOS version 113 (beta)crossfire 3870 are better and cheaper than 8800gt SLI.
though crossfire/ATI boards are hard to find for some reason
all the ones i found won't specify dual x16
what one is APOK using?
the 3850's and 3870's both use the full 320 stream processors in the RV670.the 3870's in crossfire have scored over 20k in 3dmark 06, there a huge step up from the 3850, more unified shaders, and what not, higher clock rate, higher memory bandwith gddr4 not 3 512mb of it. the highest ive seen 2 8800gt's score was 19k and thats by vdub on our forums, the 3870's are very cool aswell and use lower level of power as there 55nm. any x38 mobo will do 16x 16
Most of the AM2+ boards are more expensive.Kjølen;1268161 said:Any money you save on the HD 3870s you make up for with ridiculously expensive motherboards, it seems.
Yes. But even if it didn't, it wouldn't make much difference.Kjølen;1268208 said:Does the 790X chipset have PCI-Express 2.0?
Crossfire has improved a lot since it was first introduced. It scales better than SLI does on average.Aslo, can someone clear up the fog on Crossfire? I've heard that the earlier implementations gave you barely enough performance to make it worth two cards, and that the newer versions have greatly improved upon that problem.
On average, SLI does not get 90% performance increase. In fact, it's closer to 40%Still, SLI has always seemed more solid, so to speak. Twice the cards, close to twice the speed (1.9x). The number 1.2x for Crossfire still sticks heavily in my mind.