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mastrdrver · Oct 5, 2009, 12:25 AM

Once drivers mature, I think a single 5870 will walk away from 4870x2 and two 4870s. Its just the scaling factor. Though, I guess we will really see how bad crossfire scaling is. It may turn out to be better than everyone thought.

System Name:	Money Hole
Processor:	Core i7 970
Motherboard:	Asus P6T6 WS Revolution
Cooling:	Noctua UH-D14
Memory:	12GB (6x2GB) Corsair Domminators
Video Card:	XFX 5870 Crossfire
Hard Disk:	WD 900GB VR (Raid 0) (3x drives)
Optical Drive:	LG BD/HD-DVD Burner
CRT/LCD Model:	3x Hanns-g HE225
Case:	CM HAF 932
Sound Card:	ADI (onboard)
PSU:	Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050w
Software:	Windows 7 Professional x64

Oct 5, 2009, 12:25 AM	#4
mastrdrver Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,340 (1.52/day) Thanks: 496 Thanked 491 Times in 395 Posts System Specs	Once drivers mature, I think a single 5870 will walk away from 4870x2 and two 4870s. Its just the scaling factor. Though, I guess we will really see how bad crossfire scaling is. It may turn out to be better than everyone thought.