3870 X2 or 8800GT sli?

PingPong · Post by **PingPong** » 22 Jul 2008, 20:27

i have a choice between the 2 and i cant decide, I have read so many reviews.

I have an nvidia chipset (p5n e sli) and i heard that that would make a difference and the ATI card would under perform (not sure if this is true)

anyway, if i could hear some opinions it would be great

TheModDoctor · Post by **TheModDoctor** » 22 Jul 2008, 20:40

Not first hand experience here, but I doubt if an ATI card would under perform just because it is on a NVIDIA chipset. If I was you, I would get the 3870 x2 over 8800GT SLI. Have you checked reviews that compare the 4870 against the 3870 x2 ?
Here is one: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/745/6/
The 4870 is actually a bit faster in crysis and coh, and loads cheaper. Or do you HAVE to choose between the 3870 x2 and the 8800GT SLI?

PingPong · Post by **PingPong** » 22 Jul 2008, 20:57

money is an issue, i can get a 3870 X2 for R2k or i can get another 8800GT for that or a bit less too. So no 4870

TheModDoctor · Post by **TheModDoctor** » 22 Jul 2008, 21:02

PingPong wrote:i can get a 3870 X2 for R2k

Where where where??? Are you serious? 8O WOW.

PingPong · Post by **PingPong** » 22 Jul 2008, 21:08

lol not a new one, its second hand

TheModDoctor · Post by **TheModDoctor** » 22 Jul 2008, 21:13

Oh, well that explains a lot.... Pretty good price anyway. I'd go for the ATI

RobThePyro · Post by **RobThePyro** » 22 Jul 2008, 21:49

8800GT!!!! SLI FTW!!!! iv got 8800GT's slied and they run AWSOME!, trust me dude, go nvidia FTW

terminator2 · Post by **terminator2** » 22 Jul 2008, 22:38

Wait August 13 the 4870 X2 coming out get that or if u need it right away 4870 Crossfire

douglash · Post by **douglash** » 23 Jul 2008, 07:34

RobThePyro wrote:8800GT!!!! SLI FTW!!!! iv got 8800GT's slied and they run AWSOME!, trust me dude, go nvidia FTW

such a fanboi

but he's right... IMHO

Dust · Post by **Dust** » 23 Jul 2008, 07:41

If I didn't have a Crosfire mobo I would've gone SLI too.

PhReaK_K · Post by **PhReaK_K** » 23 Jul 2008, 08:01

@PingPong : Unless you plan on changing your mobo, you will have to go with the nVidia cards ..

Your Mobo would not support Crossfire ...

RobThePyro · Post by **RobThePyro** » 23 Jul 2008, 09:11

PhReaK_K wrote:@PingPong : Unless you plan on changing your mobo, you will have to go with the nVidia cards ..

Your Mobo would not support Crossfire ...

LIES!!! (bring proof or its BS!

)

douglash wrote:
RobThePyro wrote:8800GT!!!! SLI FTW!!!! iv got 8800GT's slied and they run AWSOME!, trust me dude, go nvidia FTW
such a fanboi

but he's right... IMHO

NVIDIA-FANBOIISM FTW!!!

Serriously, when nvidia was the "IN" brand everyone was like *YAY*NVIDIA now its *YAY*ATI.... but the truth is nvidia r still FTW! no matter what... lol. i dont care if the 4870 is twice as fast or whatever, the nvidia card is still better

. but in this case, 8800GT sli > 3870x2 esp cause he has an nvidia mobo and not using an nvidia card would be a sin, and cause it a know fact that x2 cards (eg 9800gtx2 or 3870x2) are not as good as their sli/crossfire counterparts(9800GTX SLI or 3870 crossfire) check the benchies...

So in this case since the 8800GT > 3870 (check the charts) therefore 8800GT SLI > 3870x2!!!

if you dont belive me...

Rob~

Maplassie_GTR · Post by **Maplassie_GTR** » 23 Jul 2008, 09:33

Geforce FX5200 AGP8X FTW!

viceroy · Post by **viceroy** » 23 Jul 2008, 12:15

Maplassie_GTR wrote:Geforce FX5200 AGP8X FTW!

Nah man...you must go old skool

Geforce 256 SDR FTW!! (I still have mine)

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 23 Jul 2008, 12:30

Maplassie_GTR wrote:Geforce FX5200 AGP8X FTW!

8O

That's what I'm running

BUT I have the high performance 256MB version, faster than an O/C S3 Trio in MOST benchmarks

PhReaK_K · Post by **PhReaK_K** » 23 Jul 2008, 12:31

RobThePyro wrote:LIES!!! (bring proof or its BS! Razz)

OMG, what a

See the thing is that board has a nVidia chipset on it( NVIDIA® nForce® 650i SLI™ to be exact), which supports SLI , hell for some time it was seen as the best SLI board around. However that chipset does not support Crossfire. Just like you will have weeks of "fun" trying to get sli to run on a crossfire mobo.

But that all does not matter, the 8800GT is the better card, and when you SLI them they are just amazing ..

Hex_Rated · Post by **Hex_Rated** » 23 Jul 2008, 13:00

The 8800gt SLI combo is the right one. If you had a CF mobo you could have gone HD4850 CF. That 3870 board didn't live up to expectations.

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.h ... aHVzaWFzdA

The Radeon HD 3870 X2 does not beat a stock clocked GeForce 8800 GTX right now; it only comes close to its performance level. It took AMD this long to come up with a video card that almost matches a GeForce 8800 GTX in performance and it took two GPUs to do it. That is disconcerting when you consider we are dealing with 640 stream processors on the Radeon HD 3870 X2 versus 128 stream processors on the GeForce 8800 GTX. It really shows how different both GPU architectures are and how worthless comparing specifications has become.

PingPong · Post by **PingPong** » 23 Jul 2008, 13:20

yeah i also thought so, in some reviews the 3870 X2 does worse than a single 3870....due to driver issues apparently.

Maplassie_GTR · Post by **Maplassie_GTR** » 23 Jul 2008, 13:49

viceroy wrote:
Maplassie_GTR wrote:Geforce FX5200 AGP8X FTW!
Nah man...you must go old skool

Geforce 256 SDR FTW!! (I still have mine)

Sorry for my Off-topic peeps!

I Have kept ALLLLLLLL MY OLD VGA cards, I just need a couple wich Isold or gave away cause I am dumb.

I got:

2x 3d Blaster Voodoo2 8MB Cards
1x 3d Blaster Riva TNT 2 Ultra
1x Geforce 1 32MB
1x Geforce 2 GTS 64
1x Creative Annihilator
(HAD and WANT AGAIN Geforce 3 Ti200)
1x Inno3d Geforce 4 Ti4200
1x Geforce 5200 (LOL!)
(had and wat again) Geforce 5900 ULTRA)
1x Geforce 6800 128mb
1x Geforce 6800 GT 256mb
1x Geforce 7800 GTX
1x 8800 GTS (sold)

I love collecting these things.

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 23 Jul 2008, 14:00

So are you looking for cards? I have some awesome pimpslapping VGA cards around... FX 5200, Radeon 9250, Riva TNT 2 M64 (32MB AGP 4x) and some others...

Shizzler · Post by **Shizzler** » 23 Jul 2008, 15:20

If I were you, I would go Geforce 8800GT, they are good cards...+ it will "bond" with your chipset

Mow · Post by **Mow** » 23 Jul 2008, 17:09

PhReaK_K wrote:@PingPong : Unless you plan on changing your mobo, you will have to go with the nVidia cards ..

Your Mobo would not support Crossfire ...

The only sane thing said in this thread. Go 8800GT Sli. Your gonna have to change youre mobo if you wanna go crossfire 3870.

3870<8800GT<48xx

PingPong · Post by **PingPong** » 23 Jul 2008, 17:26

The only sane thing said in this thread. Go 8800GT Sli. Your gonna have to change youre mobo if you wanna go crossfire 3870.

3870<8800GT<48xx

lol, the choice was between the 3870 X2 or the 8800GT sli, by 3870 X2 i mean the single card with 2 gpu's on it... sorry for any confusion, i didnt mean crossfire, obviously that wouldnt work on my board

RobThePyro · Post by **RobThePyro** » 23 Jul 2008, 18:29

PhReaK_K wrote:
RobThePyro wrote:LIES!!! (bring proof or its BS! Razz)
OMG, what a

See the thing is that board has a nVidia chipset on it( NVIDIA® nForce® 650i SLI™ to be exact), which supports SLI , hell for some time it was seen as the best SLI board around. However that chipset does not support Crossfire. Just like you will have weeks of "fun" trying to get sli to run on a crossfire mobo.

But that all does not matter, the 8800GT is the better card, and when you SLI them they are just amazing ..

DUDE, a single card x2 will run fine on that board, and thats what he was asking, you worded it like only an nvidia card would work, which is LIES, an single CARD (nt crossfire) WILL work

PhReaK_K wrote:@PingPong : Unless you plan on changing your mobo, you will have to go with the nVidia cards ..

Now whos the noob, NOOBLET?

and yes 8800GT SLI is ftw, i know cause i have 2 8800GT's SLIed on my 780i! and it owns a 3870 x2 card!

Rob~

StoneIce · Post by **StoneIce** » 23 Jul 2008, 18:55

2X Geforce 2008 Boobs FTW!!!!