|  | | Crossfire HD 2900XT vs. 8800 Ultra @ TweakTown |
The top dog for anyone wanting to go the Nvidia route is the 8800 Ultra, it’s a fast card but it doesn’t exactly scream performance-to-cost ratio. With pricing that starts around $600US to $700US, they’re certainly not cheap. The HD 2900 XT is the card sitting up top of the ATI pyramid. Pricing is closer to the $400US mark for just about all brands. A pair in crossfire is going to set you back around $800US. Read More | | 12 Comments | | | I like the HD2900xt but its much too noisy. Does anyone know of a VGA cooler for these? | | | | not really fairly based as they are pitting multi against single cards... | | | | squall_leonhart is right, compare crossfire to sli but not two cards vs one... and iff you notice, its not THAT much faster only 25%
but power consumption is high... nothing to add here. | | | | When are we going to see a title that can use the 2900xt's physics processing? | | | | when ati codes the driver for it. | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by lumo  squall_leonhart is right, compare crossfire to sli but not two cards vs one... and iff you notice, its not THAT much faster only 25%
but power consumption is high... nothing to add here. | ...that's reaching a bit isn't it?...
2x 2900 xt = $800, 1x 8800 ultra = $700. the math isn't that hard to do, is it? | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DOOMJESUS ...that's reaching a bit isn't it?...
2x 2900 xt = $800, 1x 8800 ultra = $700. the math isn't that hard to do, is it? | Right  But why didn't they have a GTX SLI to give a more realistic comparison - the article seems a bit lazy and has an over reliance on synthetic benchmarks for me. | | | | well you can take everything as basis for comparison,
PRICE, FLAGHSIP (best chipset from manufacturer), or power consumption... which would ruin ati atm | | | | This article is about price, not fairness. With $700-$800 you can buy Ultra or 2900XT CF. But I wonder how 2900XT CF works against 8800 GTS SLI. | | | | you also have to take into account the Graphical quality of the 8800 over the 2900XT as well... | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Regeneration This article is about price, not fairness. With $700-$800 you can buy Ultra or 2900XT CF. But I wonder how 2900XT CF works against 8800 GTS SLI. | ehehehhe here is a answare on your question Translated version of http://www.tomshw.it/graphic.php?guide=20070516&page=amd_ati_radeon_290 0_xt_crossfire_r600-09&comment_page=3
GTS sli is slower than a XT crossfire in 3Dmark06
if you ask me AMD have fuckd up something with drivers
i dont get it how a 1950XTX CF can get higher score than a HD2900XT CF
i think that drivers are totally fuckd up
they need to fix that as soon as possible |
Last edited by gen.Rage1991hrv; July 18th, 2007 at 04:46 PM..
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Originally Posted by Regeneration This article is about price, not fairness. With $700-$800 you can buy Ultra or 2900XT CF. But I wonder how 2900XT CF works against 8800 GTS SLI. | Quite right. This would be a genuine matchup. But as I've said there seems to be and underlying subtext to this particular review  | |
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