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Please be honest... 280GTX TRI SLI vs 4870X2 CFX

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So in canada I can get 3 280GTX's for 419.00 X 3

I can get 2 4870x2's for 615X2....

So what should I get,

I am building a new PC and choosing a new motherboard too,

So do I go 790i and 3 280 gtx's or x48 and 2 4870x2's

And please I know this is over kill..

Im that kind of guy🙂
 
Don't get any of them. You are running a 24inch monitor in your sig. TOTALLY a waste of money. Im selling land on the moon, PM for a better investment.
 
Conclusion

I still feel the Skulltrail board has some minor issues with the ATI cards, something we noticed at launch with the last Radeon series.


But yea, don't do either. Just get a single 4870 or a X2 variant.
 
He said he's the type of guy who likes having an overkill system and frankly if he wants to waste the money on that kind of setup than it's his decision.

But I would have to agree with JPB. I'm gonna buy myself a 1GB HD4870 this week and it should be more than enough for gaming at 1680-1050 especially with a nice overclock. a single X2 or GTX280 will be more than enough for a 24" display.
 
Fo' Sho. Unless you can spend money like it grows on trees don't even bother man. Unless your a total geek and doofus and brag to your buddies what a killer system you have..haha Nothing personal though 😛
 
LOL
Did I not say Im that kind of guy? Secondly I will be buying a 30" monitor soon.

I'll be watercooling this system. LOL

Going back on topic, what you guys think 4870x2 CFX or gtx280 tri sli
 
It didnt really help🙁 Tehre using a QX9650 at Stock.... You need to OC that thing at least to 4 GHZ to get juice out of multi card. And Many of the benchmarks I beat with my last 8800 ultra setup lol. Kind of a a crappy review, I wouldnt go on that too much. If you check out Driver Heaven's review, or guru3d, there getting about 55-75 FPS on crysis at very high with 3 GTX280 whilst tech report is getting 30.1 (my 8800 ultra SLI would get about 32.74)
 
IIRC the only real major issue with the GTX280 is that the heatsink is not attached properly and isn't connecting to the GPU itself hence overheating and inevitably the dying of the card. You can take the heatsink off and reapply it to make sure it fits properly.

From what I've read quite a lot of heatsinks aren't attached properly even on the HD4k series. If you take them off and reapply them you can get a 10C drop in temps.
 
Originally posted by: fakester01
IIRC the only real major issue with the GTX280 is that the heatsink is not attached properly and isn't connecting to the GPU itself hence overheating and inevitably the dying of the card. You can take the heatsink off and reapply it to make sure it fits properly.

From what I've read quite a lot of heatsinks aren't attached properly even on the HD4k series. If you take them off and reapply them you can get a 10C drop in temps.
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this is not true in the case of some that are overvolting, and overheating that way...

there are two failure modes, and one is mechanical... the failure rate is high also
 
I havent heard of major gtx280 problems....Where are you getting this from? anywa doesnt matter as im goign to be WC them. But if a card dies its under warranty. Then again its hard to tell whos telling the truth and whos BS'n just because of hate etc.
 
Originally posted by: Mr Fox
there are two failure modes, and one is mechanical... the failure rate is high also
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High... as in high visibility. When the most expensive GPUs on the market fails, you tend to hear about every single last one of them... in excruciating detail.

Until ATI or Nvidia releases actual numbers, everything else is pure speculation fueled by forum posts and certain sites.

Have the latest/greatest ATI/Nvidia cards failed here and there? Sure they have. Nothing has a 0% failure rate. Are they failing enough for that rate to be considered "high?" Well, tough to say without knowing the non-failure rate plus also on what your personal definition is. For instance, if there are reports of 500 failed cards using XYZ GPU on the forums, is that a "high" failure rate? Well, if only 1000 cards were sold, then yeah, GPU FAIL at 50%. If 100,000 cards were sold, then a complete success at 0.5% failure rate (less than industry norms). If 10,000 cards were sold making the failure rate 5%, well, is that a failure or not? Seems a bit high to me, but is within the normal ranges. Also, I've noticed that computer parts at the beginning and end of their product life cycle tend to have higher failure rates than "normal" (no don't have any data to back it up, just personal observation). Finally, some of these cards are sold at aggressive factory overclocked speeds... perhaps too agressive for such new products?

In any case, until/unless we see actual sales and RMA figures, we just don't know.

Back to the OP... besides pure benchmark numbers, what about other considerations? Is there a 790i or x48 implementation that you really like that makes you lean towards one platform? Is there a particular board that you love the color/layout? What about one board having more eSATA plugs and you know you'll have many external drives? One board using waterblocks integrated into the chipset coolers? One board more flexible on memory?

What about PSUs? The Tri-SLI take up more power plugs than CrossfireX.

Basically, what I'm getting at is that perhaps there are more reasons than purely "which GPU setup gets highest benchmarks" that you may want to consider.
 
Originally posted by: Mr Foxthis is not true in the case of some that are overvolting, and overheating that way...

there are two failure modes, and one is mechanical... the failure rate is high also
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I thought that was the laptops not the GTX280s

 
Originally posted by: btdvox
I havent heard of major gtx280 problems....Where are you getting this from? anywa doesnt matter as im goign to be WC them. But if a card dies its under warranty. Then again its hard to tell whos telling the truth and whos BS'n just because of hate etc.
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I just want you to know my system is better than yours no matter how much you spend. So quit saying you're going to WC like you're balling or something, and stop disrespecting peoples opinions. We know you're not getting a 30" just admit it.

Anyways,

My rig >yours
 
^^? WTF lol im not here to say mines better than yours cuz frankly i could care less what you have. I dont buy things to please others, I buy them to please me. And no where did i disresepct anyones opinion. Also how do you know know im not going to be buying a Dell FP 3008 soon? Do you some how know me personally? I didnt think so. Thanks for your flame.


But thanks for your guys opinions! Ive chosen to go GTX280. As anandtech stated - 3 gtx280s are prob still going to be the performance king.
8.8 catalyst drivers = 4870x2 CFX broken still. Only game ive seen benefit from the second 4870x2 is call of duty 4.

And
 
Originally posted by: McCartney
Originally posted by: btdvox
I havent heard of major gtx280 problems....Where are you getting this from? anywa doesnt matter as im goign to be WC them. But if a card dies its under warranty. Then again its hard to tell whos telling the truth and whos BS'n just because of hate etc.
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I just want you to know my system is better than yours no matter how much you spend. So quit saying you're going to WC like you're balling or something, and stop disrespecting peoples opinions. We know you're not getting a 30" just admit it.

Anyways,

My rig >yours
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You're embarrassing yourself.

And for the record, the first review that was posted showed that both solution achieved, if barely, playable framerates @1920x1080 in Crysis. There's one reason to go for it.
 
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