price wise...8800gt sli is almost the price of 3870X2. how bout for the newer cards? (like 9800gtx?) if me, i vote for 3870 X2
I prefer 3870X2 because it doesn't require 2 PCIE slot. But I rather get a 9800GTX. It's faster, consume less power.
i suggest you dont buy any current card for now hold your horses for new HD4000 series next month or nvidia new cards in july
Out of those 2 the HD3870x2 ..... SLI stinks Crossfire also supports more than one chipset without requiring patches NVidia don't want you to have ....
If the motherboard is the one from the signature then the 3870X2 is the way to go. Besides that depends on the budget you have, space in the case and PSU
well i was checking this for me and my friend anyway i have tested that card on my pc and it is working just fine on my pc with HIPER 580W and it have enough space in my pc LOL
Judging by the cards he's asking about, he's looking for performance. Personally, I would get a single 8800GT/S for now and upgrade when the "real" next-gen is released.
Between 8800GT SLI and a single card 3870X2 I would choose a 8800GT SLI system because it has far more performance than a single X2 card
I don't recommend both I'm never a fan of SLI/CF. If you have to choose one of them, 8800GT SLI for better performance, but you'll need a nvidia chipset based mainboard. HD3870 X2 if you don't have SLI capable mainboard.
I just asked gen rage to put this post here for know your opinion guys well i will go more far with my config... CPU: AMD Athlon X2 6000+ Mobo: MSI K9N-SLI GPU X1900 GT v2 SC : SB X-FI Xtreme Music HDD 4x WD 2500 AAKS 250 GB (RAID) PSU : Antec Earth Watts 500 W I prefer to opt for the 8800 sli kit because i have an clearance issue with my chipset cooler.... if i buy the 3870x2... i will be not able to put it into the first slot ... but the second... i never tryed to put an viddy on the second slot... Thanks for the comments about this if you have more to say ... go on
Ya you mentioned the chipset cooler issue to me Bro and your board is SLI as well. Not sure on the second slot I know on my X38 mobo you can set PEG1 or PEG2 as the default display but yours not really sure
The 3870X2 is more bang for the buck if you don't have a mobo supporting SLI. If you do, the 8800GT will likely offer a better performance, but might be a bit of a headache (and a slight diasspointment) to work with.
that's the fun thing about the 3870X2, it's CF but on single card! but anyway, the thing is if the game doesn't scale well with CF - then the 3870x2 performs just like the 3870........essentially a 9600GT / 8800GT speed. take for example Frontlines : Fuel of War - I tested this game on 9600GT. so i thought ok go 3870X2 and get better framerates....... i ended up with similar framerate. the game didn't scale well. on the other hand, games like Crysis - wow the 3870X2 indeed was WAY faster than 8800GT (single) and 8800GTS G92 (single). So yeah, how far it goes really depends on how the game scales with CF. on games like Lost Planet, it ran faster when I disable Multi-GPU option.
Well that's back then....... forgot to mention, 1680x1050 HIGH on everything (no AA i think, 2x AA at most) on DX9. I haven't tested it with recent drivers. Last I tested it was like Feb or so, that time I had the 8800GTS G92 and 3870X2. I ran FRAPS to check on what I felt too - on the same setting the 3870X2 was like around above 40fps on average while the 8800GTS G92 was hovers around 30ish.
