Full Review: 9800GX2 vs HD3870X2!!!

[ManWithNoName]

Nevermind double post.

 

[reviewhunter]

Originally posted by: nRollo
Unfortunately, those drivers are betas from January and basically only enable the card, v. 173.67

I think I've personally seen three driver notifications since these on the corp ftp site, these results are not representative of what you will see on launch day.

I'll expect those AA bugs on the driver to be fixed on launch, but what the compatibility issue? Hmmm...

 

[Cookie Monster]

It looks like the reviews currently out for GX2 and some for GTX seems to be using outdated drivers, i.e have all sorts of bugs. They have the card but not the right drivers. This would make their results meaningless so id rather save my final judgment on these new cards (that seems lackluster) til the reviews are posted up on AT, techreport and so on.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster
It looks like the reviews currently out for GX2 and some for GTX seems to be outdated, i.e have all sorts of bugs. They have the card but not the right drivers. This would make their results meaningless so id rather save my final judgment on these new cards (that seems lackluster) til the reviews are posted up on AT, techreport and so on.

Those two and Firing Squad are my favorites.

 

[thestain]

A few small problems for nVidia.. yes the new card appears to whomp the competition on nvidia boards, but the HD 3870 X2 kicks its ass on Intel and I would guess AMD boards for the moment, since neither AMD, nor Intel boards support SLI and for whatever reason this appears to be required by the nVidia card.

The Stain

 

[reviewhunter]

seems like reviews from other sites are telling quite a different story...

 

[reviewhunter]

and seems like most review sites have problem with GX2 enabling AA in some games