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Forget nVidia - ATi lovers rejoice!

fish99 said:
How are ATI doing on power consumption these days? It's one of the reasons I switched to nvidia with my GTS and GT, but I'm not impressed with nvidia drivers. Would like to go ATI again next time round.
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My understanding is that current ATI cards actually draw less power than their Nvidia counterparts.
 
kylew said:
I don't think that really matters, 3 x 3870s at the cut price = £240, 9800GX2 = £440-450, we all know the GX2 isn't worth the price premium, especially the difference being £210.
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so, which means you can essentially get 6 3870s for the price of a 9800GX2??? talk about value...
 
i guess we will just have to see what happens. interesting though. it seems a lot of the cards such as 3870 and 8800 are dirt cheap nowadays might pick one up.
 
kylew said:
I don't think that really matters, 3 x 3870s at the cut price = £240, 9800GX2 = £440-450, we all know the GX2 isn't worth the price premium, especially the difference being £210.
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Hmmm, lets say the 3870's come in at £90 (cause don't think it will be any lower than that), that would be 3 for £270), where the GX2 can already be had here on OCUK for £350.

Thats an £80 diff, more or less, not around £200...
 
Tute said:
Bang for buck they take the GX2 to the cleaners. Even a single X2 gives much better price/performance than it's power hungry, hot nVidia counterpart.
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Not sure I understand that, 3780X2 + HD3780 will end up costing as much as the cheapest 9800GX2 anyway and even then at best there about even with 3x3780 using much more power, not many actually have 3 pci-e slots.
 
ffallic said:
Hmmm, lets say the 3870's come in at £90 (cause don't think it will be any lower than that), that would be 3 for £270), where the GX2 can already be had here on OCUK for £350.

Thats an £80 diff, more or less, not around £200...
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Where it is either pre-order or ex vat?
 
well this is good news for me, been itching to get an 3870 but was being cheap and didn't want to spend anymore than £100.
 
ebilcake said:
Not sure I understand that, 3780X2 + HD3780 will end up costing as much as the cheapest 9800GX2 anyway and even then at best there about even with 3x3780 using much more power, not many actually have 3 pci-e slots.
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Still about £100 less, uses less power, and only takes two slots on the motherboard (three or four in total).
 
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