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NVIDIA Quad-SLI vs. ATI Crossfire Review
Quad-SLI Installation »Test Setup
In order to give you a comparative view on the performance differences between Quad SLI and ATI's Crossfire, we got two identical systems. Only the motherboard is different, and of course the video cards.
Quad-SLI system
- AMD Athlon FX-60 2600 MHz
- Zalman CNPS9500LED
- ASUS A8N32
- 2x 512 MB DDR Corsair
- WD1500 150 GB HDD
- 2x NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2
- Cooler Master Stacker RC-830
- Windows XP SP2, Forceware 87.24 (the GX2 retail driver)
- Apple 30" HD TFT, 2560x1600 max. resolution
This system was bought from German computer retailer Arlt, for a price of around € 5000 (= ~6300 USD, including 16% VAT).
CrossFire system
- AMD Athlon FX-60 2600 MHz
- Zalman CNPS9500LED
- ASUS A8R32
- 2x 512 MB DDR Corsair
- WD1500 150 GB HDD
- Radeon X1900 XTX + Crossfire
- Cooler Master Stacker RC-830
- Windows XP SP2, Catalyst 6.4
- Apple 30" HD TFT, 2560x1600 max. resolution
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