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CrossFire / SLI still just gimmicks

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Anyway a Gainward GTX 260 GS is about 135 EUR around here , and it clocks really high ( @725+ , ive seen higher ) , kicks GTX`s 275 and 280 ass ( most of the time ) , and sits dangerously close to a stock GTX285 . So hell yea , single card FTW .... buy another , beat the GTX295 and pay 40% less money . A great deal imo.
A pair of HD4770's beats the stock HD4890 ( lets say 10% better overall performance ) , and have lower power consumption in full load , . If you don`t have the money , buy just one and upgrade when you have the chance . Another great deal . The other great thing to know is that a PHENOM II x2 550 is enough to get the full performance from the cards . Less money you have to spend , more upgrade options . The scaling is good even with 3x HD4770's in x16/x8/x8 . There is a hardware review website from Germany that tested that configuration .

UT3 1920x1200 :

GTX 285 : 178.2 average FPS
HD4870 X2 : 234.6 average FPS
HD4890 : 171 average FPS
HD4870 : 154.7 average FPS
HD4770 X2 : 189.8 average FPS
HD4770 X3 : 237.8 average FPS

CALL OF JUAREZ (DX10) 1920x1200 :

GTX 285 : 40.5 average FPS
HD4870 X2 : 79.5 average FPS
HD4890 : 56.1 average FPS
HD4870 : 41.7 average FPS
HD4770 X2 : 64.3 average FPS
HD4770 X3 : 95.9 average FPS



Intel Core i7 920 @ 3,6 GHZ , Asrock X58 Deluxe , 3x2 GB G.Skill Trident DDR3 2000 CL9 .

Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 x2 cards - 154EUR
Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 x3 cards - 231EUR
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 card - 312EUR
ASUS ENGTX285 card - 274EUR

Lets remeber not all games are multi GPU optimised , and less are quadcore optimised . So in the near future dual card setups might benefit more from better game engines . I don`t know .. maybe it`s just me , but i played Crysis for two weeks and i got bored , so my dual gtx 260's are "useless" now :) . But i`m looking forward to get my hands on Mafia III , Split Second , Assassins Creed II , COD MW II , knowing my setup can run the games and provide more than decent performance so i can enjoy them ...

LATER EDIT : found out that ZOTAC just released the most powerful GTX260 ( overclocking monster ) , Panasonic SP-Caps , Renesas LFPAK mosfets , 15 power phases 12 are dedicated to the GPU and the remaining three handle the memory , Nippon Chemi-Con’s Proadlizer decoupling capacitors . STOCK : 750/1600/1200MHz core / shader / memory .
The card is expected to be available in Chinese market next month, with lower pricing than GeForce GTX275. Zotac is also working on a GeForce GTX285 with 15 phase PWM design as well.
Whatever .. check the numbers .

http://www.expreview.com/img/review/15pgtx260/OC.jpg 800MHZ core with overclocking , 820MHZ ( maximum stable overclock with the 3dparty cooler they used ) . The card can go beyond those frequencies , and in case your wondering , yes it beats the GTX 285 . So ? single card FTW ! But , we want a monster setup , lets buy a second card :)
Don`t know if it will be for US EU , maybe just for China ( Zotac is doing that lately )
 
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Well my single GTX285 scores 5500 on version 1.7.0, but you might want to try and update furmark. I've heard that the early versions don't work properly with the latest Catalyst drivers.

I reinstalled my drivers and installed Furmark 1.7.0 and this is my score.
 

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Seems like a very good score. What does a single HD4870 give you? Again, my single GTX285 scores just over 5500.
 

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I reinstalled my drivers and installed Furmark 1.7.0 and this is my score.

i just benched my xfx 4890 @ 950 | 1000
and i got 8693
does cpu come into this rating as i would have though ur 4870's in crossfire would be better than a 4890 oc

oops, looks lik i am out of date *downloading 1.7.0

okay with 1.7.0.i get 8447 so yeah ut score is better than a stock 4890 but my oc just bets u
 

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With Xfire disabled. That must be one hell of an OC on that 4890 to get more than double the score my single 4870 had.

I looked at GPUz's log file to make sure the core wasnt running at 600Mhz. It was running at 790Mhz the whole time during the test.
 

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