I am building the ultimate gaming rig what is better Crossfire X1900XTX or SLI 512MB 7800 GTX?
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Uhhh.... XTX crossfire, with or without money considerations. Unless the 512gtx's were available for $400 a piece AND they were in stock.
No way.
Performance difference is not that great, and Crossfire just isn't that great yet. Remains to be seen if it will be.
I can tell you this though: If I'm spending $1000 on a multi GPU rig, I don't want tiling in every non profiled D3d game, and I don't want to not have the ability to try different modes on non profiled games. (which is probably most of them given how new Crossfire is)
7800GTX 512MB @ $400 is impossible me think = 1st they need to reduce the price of 7800GTX 256MB to 350USD below :! that would kill the 7800GT sale so they would have the 7800GTX price reduce to $250USD below :! doing that would kill sales of upcoming midrange nvidia product (7600GT/7800GS). 7800GTX 512MB also don't have a good die which is a main reason they are hard to buy > so selling it at $400 wouldn't be making nvidia a huge profit :! i would say they may reduce the 7800GTX 512MB to $500 at the lowest but even that wouldn't sell at that price on street since Nvidia can't get a good die and shop would increase the price arround $600USD + ! making a 1900XTX And X1900XT crossfire a better choice :!
X1900XT $520 + X1900XT crossfire $600 + $180 DFI crossfire board 3.0A (rev 1.0A was boomed with bug but 3.0A is rock solid stable and newegg only ship that rev)
7800GTX 512MB $700 + 7800GTX 512MB $700 + Asus 32-SLI $200 = $1600 ( i put a $700 price but i can't even find them at $700 , $750 @ neweggs )
You choose :!
X1900XT $520 + X1900XT crossfire $600 + $180 DFI crossfire board 3.0A (rev 1.0A was boomed with bug but 3.0A is rock solid stable and newegg only ship that rev)
7800GTX 512MB $700 + 7800GTX 512MB $700 + Asus 32-SLI $200 = $1600 ( i put a $700 price but i can't even find them at $700 , $750 @ neweggs )
You choose :!
Cookie Monster
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According to techreport, the 7800GTX 512mb SLi is faster than X1900 XTX crossfire.
Porbably a driver thing.
Porbably a driver thing.
It's a slam dunk Rollo. Been reading reviews and the X1900 is just plain faster than anything nvidia has. And it will only get better with driver tweaks. nVidia might be on top again when they release n71 or whatever it is, but today, it's ATI. A great card, on the shelf everywhere on the day they said it would be, and selling at or below MSRP. Give ATI the triple crown today Rollo, they earned it.
Zebo
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Double crown they still need to get decent mobos out.
I'll be checking this page periodically waiting for a real skt 939 enthusiasts solution with RD580 chipet after this fiasco
Whats wrong with DFI newiest rev :! only the old rev were doomed with loads of problem , Newegg is shipping R.A03's now, which is VERY stable.
Zebo
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Poor performance for one thing
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainbo.../print/dfi-lanparty-utrdx200cf-dr.html
And RD580 is right around corner so why buy the old crap?
(actually it should have been launched today, giving them that third crown but as Anand says "Not Quite Ready: the RD580 launch was pushed back to coincide with actual availability of product." (Ati late...sound familiar?) <and> "We are expecting to have RD580 samples in the coming months and you can expect retail availability around the same time, but until then we will have to do with last year's platform. " )
Wreckage
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The GTX512's own in SLI mode. Crossfire just does not scale well.
http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2006q1/radeon-x1900/index.x?pg=5
Even with the new X1900's crossfire falls behind (sometimes even behind the 7800GT's which you can buy a pair of for the cost of 1 X1900).
http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2006q1/radeon-x1900/index.x?pg=5
Even with the new X1900's crossfire falls behind (sometimes even behind the 7800GT's which you can buy a pair of for the cost of 1 X1900).
so now we look at techreport : forget the better reviewer like bittech , firingsquad that cliam ATI Crossfire has better performance and playable framrate at 14 SUpper AA :? also the fact that G70 can't do HDRwith AA :! making it awesome for game like Oblivion and UT2007 :?
The 7800GTX 512 are on finished with their improvements, over priced and unavailable.
As of today, the x1900xt Crossfire platform is the best multi GPU solution at the ultra high end. The x1900xt will only improve with drive maturity, along with RD580 motherboards. The 7800GTX 512 are at their max already. To top if off, Super AA is very playable on Crossfire along with HDR+AA and HQAF.
As of today, the x1900xt Crossfire platform is the best multi GPU solution at the ultra high end. The x1900xt will only improve with drive maturity, along with RD580 motherboards. The 7800GTX 512 are at their max already. To top if off, Super AA is very playable on Crossfire along with HDR+AA and HQAF.
PLease do not forget that if you are running Crossfire in a non profiled D3D game, you are stuck with Super tiling mode and your shiny new Crossfire setup will get pwned by 7800GTs in SLI for about half the cost.
PLease, dont get me wrong, ATI did a good job this time around. I just think its still a little early to claim Crossfire as a winner here.
Ronin
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I'm surprised no one caught this.
A die problem? It's not a die problem. It's a Samsung problem, and only a Samsung problem. Until they're able to provide the RAM en masse, nVIDIA's AIB's are going to be stuck with having to wait to manufacturer, or dealing with the RAM trickling in.
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