HD 3850 Crossfire vs. 8800GTS 512MB G92 @ Tweaktown

**MIG-31** · Dec 9, 2007, 10:41 AM

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We’ve been given an indication of the pricing which is going to accompany the new 8800GTS; when it came to figuring out what exactly it would compete against in the red corner, we soon after came to the following conclusion.

CDsDontBurn · Dec 9, 2007, 12:31 PM

IMO, if it takes two ATI cards to beat, by a small margin, one NVIDIA card, then the ATI cards aren't that great.

Erroneus · Dec 9, 2007, 01:27 PM

If AMD could get some driver tweaks for crossfire going, like Nvidia has done for SLI lately, it could be a nice solution actually. As these 3850 are cheap and easy to get.

Here in Denmark it's impossible to get a 8800gt eg. and the price of two 3850 would actually match most 8800gt cards

CDsDontBurn · Dec 9, 2007, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Erroneus

If AMD could get some driver tweaks for crossfire going, like Nvidia has done for SLI lately, it could be a nice solution actually. As these 3850 are cheap and easy to get.

Here in Denmark it's impossible to get a 8800gt eg. and the price of two 3850 would actually match most 8800gt cards

right, but the key word there is TWO. it's like saying, "yea, i have two engines in my car giving me 500HP total to match your one 500HP engine in your car"

3850 either needs driver optimizations for a single card to match the performance of an 8800GT, or the 880GTS 512MB featured here in this article (which, isn't it still supposed to be NDA anyways?)

Tipstaff · Dec 9, 2007, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

IMO, if it takes two ATI cards to beat, by a small margin, one NVIDIA card, then the ATI cards aren't that great.

Was just thinking that too. However, that margin isn't always on AMDs side. The GTS beats the Crossfire setup in a number of benchmarks.

Nah.. just as with the 8800GT my money is on the one card again. 1 card, less noise, less power, less problems, and waaay more open space (ie. breathing room) in my case.

Lelisevis · Dec 9, 2007, 02:43 PM

It's not very often I post in anger but what an absolute waste of time that little exercise was. Thats probably the dumbest article I've ever read. We compare two ATI cards to one Nvidia card.

And a year down the line when your stuck with 2 ATI cards and no upgrade option, what then? Mr Nvidia buyer will be laughing all the way to the store as he purchases a dramatically price reduced card and doubles his performance, whilst Mr ATI is checking ebay to see how much he'll get for his pair of cards.

Bah humbug

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Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,342 Rep Power: 114 System Specs	If AMD could get some driver tweaks for crossfire going, like Nvidia has done for SLI lately, it could be a nice solution actually. As these 3850 are cheap and easy to get. Here in Denmark it's impossible to get a 8800gt eg. and the price of two 3850 would actually match most 8800gt cards __________________

Dec 9, 2007, 02:43 PM	#6
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	It's not very often I post in anger but what an absolute waste of time that little exercise was. Thats probably the dumbest article I've ever read. We compare two ATI cards to one Nvidia card. And a year down the line when your stuck with 2 ATI cards and no upgrade option, what then? Mr Nvidia buyer will be laughing all the way to the store as he purchases a dramatically price reduced card and doubles his performance, whilst Mr ATI is checking ebay to see how much he'll get for his pair of cards. Bah humbug