3870 In Crossfire.. How good?

[Rick James]

Decent performance with a 4ghz C2D?

 

[dguy6789]

Yes.

 

[imported_Asianman]

yep

 

[Dribble]

I knew about 3 people with that setup - while performance was sometimes very good they all gave up as the drivers sucked (instability, low performance, etc) e.g. http://ut2004.titaninternet.co...showthread.php?t=17460.

Ati have enough trouble trying to get their current range working properly (a number of reviewers have *difficulty* recommending ati dual card setups due to problems with games), and that's what their developers are concentrating on fixing. Trying to Xfire old cards is even less likely to work well.

Just buy a single 4870 and you will save yourself a lot of hassle.

 

[Denithor]

Originally posted by: Dribble
Just buy a single 4870 and you will save yourself a lot of hassle.

This.

AT: 4850 & 4870 launch benchmarks

Compared to 3870X2 and various nVidia cards (including 9800GX2) back at the launch of these cards.

Note - I'd suggest you grab a 4870 1GB card, those have even better performance than the 512MB models listed in this review.

 

[Arkaign]

Your sig lists a 9800GX2, so no, while I think crossfired 3870s perform okay, it's definitely not going to be an upgrade, if that's the system you're considering putting it in. And there are much better choices now for the $.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: Arkaign
Your sig lists a 9800GX2, so no, while I think crossfired 3870s perform okay, it's definitely not going to be an upgrade, if that's the system you're considering putting it in. And there are much better choices now for the $.

His sig also lists a Core i7 as the CPU, so we're talking a different PC.

 

[Denithor]

If you've got two boxes (or are building a second) - put that 9800GX2 into the second on the C2D and get yourself a faster card(s) for your i7 setup.

A pair of GTX 260/280 cards would go much faster than your current 9800GX2.