HD 5750 crossfire Vs HD 5870 Comparison ...

[afw]

Found this ---> http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1176/1/

There the HD 5750 crossfire setup performs same or better on occasions compared to a single HD 5870 ... and also consumes less power

the pair costs around $260-$280 and the and this beats the price of a 5870 by $100 at least ... :ohwell:

Like to know your take on this .... :toast:

[erocker]

CrossFire can have little problems and nuances that a single card doesn't have. Two PCI-E slots are also needed. I also don't trust their power consumption graph at all. According to them adding a 2nd 5750 to a system will only raise it's idle power consumption by 4 watts. That is very much not true. Indeed, under load the 5870 draws twice as much power.

http://tpucdn.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_5750_iCooler_IV/images/power_peak.gif

[afw]

CrossFire can have little problems and nuances that a single card doesn't have. Two PCI-E slots are also needed. I also don't trust their power consumption graph at all. According to them adding a 2nd 5750 to a system will only raise it's idle power consumption by 4 watts. That is very much not true. Indeed, under load the 5870 draws twice as much power.

http://tpucdn.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_5750_iCooler_IV/images/power_peak.gif

But its actually 12W ... (Sapphire Vapor-X HD 5750 is an OC'd version)
http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n338/afwsl2003/power.jpg