Best nVidia or ATI/AMD SLI Graphics Card

[Rishwin]

Two of the same card: SLI
Three of the same card: Tri-SLI

And I believe 2x Geforce 9800GX2 would be Quad SLI

I am quite sure that 2x 9800GTX2's is still a normal SLI since they are technically each only 1 board still.

Uh, wrong.. 3 GTX 280 beats 2 4870X2.

In some situations only. Alot of the time the 4870X2 will beat the 3 280GT's... Keep in mind that the only difference is that 3 280GT's have more RAM, yet the 2 4870X2's have faster RAM with more shaders.

[MasterBubba]

Two of the same card: SLI
Three of the same card: Tri-SLI

And I believe 2x Geforce 9800GX2 would be Quad SLI



If I'm not mistaken 9800 use the same chipset as an 8800 so there is hardly any performance increase between them.

It says that it has 2 GPU's in one card, so it would be quad.

[Flawz]

It says that it has 2 GPU's in one card, so it would be quad.

The gtx 280? No. 9800GTX x2 On the other hand have 2x GPU's as well as HD4850 x2

[Intelext]

If you want 4 GPU Processors:

SLI GeForce9800GX2 (GeForce9800GX2 contains 2 processors inside so 2x2=4 gpu :D)

[nzrock]

If I'm not mistaken 9800 use the same chipset as an 8800 so there is hardly any performance increase between them.

9800 has DDR3 stuff in it and 8800 has DDR2. but yeah it doesn't really feel like it's uber :(

[frozenrat]

The gtx 280? No. 9800GTX x2 On the other hand have 2x GPU's as well as HD4850 x2

Ermm
I believe you mean 4870x2.

4850x2 is yet to be released.

[Flawz]

Ermm
I believe you mean 4870x2.

4850x2 is yet to be released.

I do, yes :)

[gigorga]

PNY QUADRO FX 4600 768MB W/ G-SYNC II OPTION CARD

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...666&CatId=3669

AMD FireStream 9170 Workstation Video Card - PCIe 2.0 x16, 2GB GDDR3, STREAM Computing GPU

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...979&CatId=3669

You don't even wanna know the price LOL.

[Flawz]

Those cards are for 3D rendering software \ development.

[gigorga]

Those cards are for 3D rendering software \ development.

Oh really? Sorry I don't know much about graphic cards I'm more of a software guy. Anyways good night.

[zingmars]

See how they are comparing 2x 280GT's in SLI against a single 4870X2. Yes the 4870X2 has 2 GPU's but it is still 1 card... 2x 280Gt compared to 2x 4870X2 will show you how badly It owns.

Keep in mind SLI = roughly 40% performance increase, while Crossfire = up to 80% increase.

yeah but that is the point - while ATI have 2 GPU's he ( the author of chart) compared to sli to have fair fight - 2 GPU's versus 2 GPU's. And yeah if you have small monitor then its useless to have SLI or Crossfire. and yeah - even if ATI is stronger nVidia have more fans and when nVidia will strike back ATI will fall... hard... (ouch)

[Ramuthra]

the thing is far as im aware ati have support for 4 gpu's where the most nvidia can handle is 3 (and even thats shakey) so i'd go with dual 4870x2 if i was willing to pay out that much money

[zingmars]

@ramu - wrong: 9800GX2! Quad SLI!

[Ramuthra]

[sarcasm] yes i forgot this, thanks for pointing this out to me[/sarcasm]

i doubt the bloody thing gains any fps over a dual sli setup

[Rishwin]

the thing is far as im aware ati have support for 4 gpu's where the most nvidia can handle is 3 (and even thats shakey) so i'd go with dual 4870x2 if i was willing to pay out that much money

Nvidia cards can use QUAD SLI but only on Vista. Attempting it on XP will just not work. Max on XP is dual/tri SLI depending on the cards.