What Do You Think Of This Desision......

drwho · Mar 30, 2008, 12:09 AM

I've got a Gigabyte X48T-DQ6 on order with 4 gigs of G.Skill memory also coming. Since this board is Crossfire capable I'm thinking about going back to a Crossfire setup. What do you think of two of the cards (link below) for a Crossfire setup?

Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100221SR Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB (512MB x 2) 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

Judas · Mar 30, 2008, 12:41 AM

so 2 of the x2's in crossfire?

Promising definitely.... specially when the quad crossfire support increases and improves...

tcman · Mar 30, 2008, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Judas

so 2 of the x2's in crossfire?

Promising definitely.... specially when the quad crossfire support increases and improves...

The drivers for the HD3870X2 are still buggy, several games won't even run on a CrossfireX setup or atleast perform worse than with a single card. Better drivers sure will come in a month or two, but so is the new ATI AMD RV770, which is rumored to be aproximately 50-100% faster than the current HD3800 (RV670) series.

drwho · Mar 30, 2008, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by tcman

The drivers for the HD3870X2 are still buggy, several games won't even run on a CrossfireX setup or atleast perform worse than with a single card. Better drivers sure will come in a month or two, but so is the new ATI AMD RV770, which is rumored to be aproximately 50-100% faster than the current HD3800 (RV670) series.

As interesting as the news of the RV770 might be, I'm alittle tired of waiting for the newer stuff to make an appearance on the market. I just went through that with the x48 chipset motherboards and the new Intel processors.

Tipstaff · Mar 31, 2008, 03:02 AM

Expected release date of the RV770, at the earliest, is at the end of the second quarter 2008. That's the end of June, beginning of July if ATI keeps on schedule.

CDsDontBurn · Mar 31, 2008, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Tipstaff

Expected release date of the RV770, at the earliest, is at the end of the second quarter 2008. That's the end of June, beginning of July if ATI keeps on schedule.

on that note, if i were you, i'd get the 3870x2 card(s) and when the RV770 comes out, sell off these cards and use that money to pay off a portion of the new card that comes out.

genieguru · Apr 4, 2008, 12:00 PM

IMO u should just buy 1 3870 x2 since 2 of those cards don't exactly give 2x or even 1.5x times the performance in most games
And some games perform worse in crossfire

H3X4D3C1M4L · Apr 5, 2008, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by genieguru

IMO u should just buy 1 3870 x2 since 2 of those cards don't exactly give 2x or even 1.5x times the performance in most games
And some games perform worse in crossfire

Agreed, I don't think it will scale very well for the money spent. You'd hit the point of diminishing returns twice as quick because a single card is essentially two GPUs in Crossfire, so adding another two of them and Crossfiring that won't give you as much gain as it should for the money you spend.

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genieguru DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 70 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	IMO u should just buy 1 3870 x2 since 2 of those cards don't exactly give 2x or even 1.5x times the performance in most games And some games perform worse in crossfire