two cards or one dual gpu card

[Dorkenstein]

Is a single card 4870x2 faster than using two separate 4870 1gb cards? I wanted to go crossfire, either dual gpu or dual card but I want to know which is the better performance. Thanks for any help.

 

[SolMiester]

the single dual card has a greater overhead than 2 singles...

 

[SSChevy2001]

For the most part 2x 4870 1GB are faster than the 4870x2.

http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/16229/7
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardwa...adeon-hd-4850-x2-2gb/4

 

[cubeless]

and cooling on the x2's is a chore... but if i was buying new I would probably go x2 so i could double up later ;p... but i'm settling for a second 4850 for $110 to fill up that lonely slot in my existing 4850 box...

 

[Dorkenstein]

For the money, is a GTX 295 worth getting over a 285?

 

[yh125d]

That's very subjective.

 

[Dorkenstein]

What if you had the right system for either?

 

[alcoholbob]

If budget wasn't a concern the 295...at worst if SLI didn't scale it would be 90% as fast as the single 285.

 

[Dorkenstein]

Okay, that pretty much solves it for me. Thanks.

 

[Denithor]

Originally posted by: Astrallite
If budget wasn't a concern the 295...at worst if SLI didn't scale it would be 90% as fast as the single 285.

And since SLI scales pretty well these days...

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

I'd get 2, that way you can use it in another pc.