spearman914
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System Name | Mine | Dad + Mom |
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Processor | E8500 E0 Wolfdale @ 4.6GHz 1.5V | E2180 M0 Allendale @ 3.0GHz 1.3V |
Motherboard | Asus Maximus Formula (X48) w/ Rampage BIOS | Asus P5Q Pro (P45) |
Cooling | Xigmatek Rifle HDT-S1283 w/ SFF21F Fan | Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro |
Memory | G.Skill Pi Black 2x2GB 1.02GHz CL5 | OCZ Reaper 2x2GB 1.05GHz CL5 |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire 4870X2 2GB 820/1020MHz | Sapphire 4850 1GB 700/1100MHz |
Storage | WD VR 150GB 10K RPM + WD 500GB 7.2K RPM | WD 200GB 7.2K RPM |
Display(s) | Acer P243WAID 24" 1920x1200 LCD | Acer V193W 19" 1440x900 LCD |
Case | Cooler Master HAF 932 Full-Tower | Antec Twelve Hundred Mid-Tower |
Audio Device(s) | Fatal1ty Xtreme Gamer w/ Z-5500 5.1 | On-Board Audio w/ S-220 2.1 |
Power Supply | PC Power and Cooling 750W Non-Modular | Corsair HX-520W Modular |
Software | Windows Vista Home Premium X64 | Windows Vista Home Premium X64 |
Benchmark Scores | Not Wasting Time! |
The first quote is from Guru3D, second from techreport.com
so basically an X2, or GX2 style card means that 2 GPU's have been slapped together in the same "single card solution". sometimes they come together on one PCB, sometimes on two PCB's, but they always connect to the computer by one PCI-E slot and conform to full length gfx card sizes.
basically its SLi/Crossfire one one card.
a 4870X2 is easy, its two 4870 1GB cards one one pcb, a GTX 295 is a two pcb setup, sandwiching a cooler. easyest way to think of that card is GTX260 SLi in a box.
help at all?
I know that. But keep in mind slapping 2 of the same GPU's together doesn't actually mean double performance because other specs like bandwidth and fillrate are not doubled.