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Would a 4870x2 or 2 x 280's in sli be better for gaming at 1920x1200 and above?
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how many people went fron 4870x2 to GTX 280 or from GTX 280 to 4870x2?
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Despite all evidence out there stating that is not the case. Even Nvidia realise that, hence the GTX295.
People claiming the 280 is close to the X2 at high res is becoming as tiresome as the old chestnut that the 4870 was fine with 512MB due to magical memory management, or the 4870 being able to keep pace with the 280.
My choice would be SLi 280's over a single X2 if money is not an issue.
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He didn't claim they were close he said there's very little difference.
Whilst benchmarks are a good indicator of a cards performance, they neglect to mention that anything over 60fps is a waste.
As long as MR.B's 280 can keep pace with (or close to) his monitors refresh rate he isn't going to see any difference outside of synthetic benchmarks.
'very little difference', therefore close.
Anyway, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. All I am saying is pretty much every benchmark that has compared the two cards, at that resolution has only shown one clear winner.
It actually varies from person to person (some people can sense the difference), but strictly speaking, if you get constant performance always over 60fps than everyone should be happy...
Layte you have no idea what you're talking about. You clearly aint even owned these cards + a high res monitor have you. So why do you feel you know more than people like me who do?
Yes we all know the X2 gets higher FPS in pretty much everything, but overall the frame rates do not jump about so much with a 280. There is generally little overall difference between X2 and my OC'ed 280 at 2560x1600 due to more consistent frame rates throughout games on the 280 (although X2 is still better, just not as much as your'd think from benchmarks), not to mention its single GPU so does not have the usual dual card problems.
Even about the 4870 512MB you're wrong. I was sceptical like you aswell and said just what you did, until i actually owned a 4870 512MB, and it does have better memory handling compared to NV 512MB cards. Games that would reach the memory limit on my 9800GX2 at very high res would be ok on the 4870 512MB. It still hit the memory limit at high res, but it would take a little more to do it. For example the GX2 would run a game with no AA @ 2560x1600, but the 4870 would just manage it with 2XAA before the memory limit was hit and hard drive swapping + slide show frame rates began.
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I'm only going by the numbers that have been shown all around the 'net along with my own experience with my Dell 3008. I tried both card when I picked it up, as my xfire 4850's could no longer cut it at that res. For me, even back then with the early drivers from ATI the X2 was my choice. I didn't want to bang on about my decision like some of the fanboys here do as all it ever seems to do is cause silly flamefests from people who don't know any better.
So yea, I've had both, on a ultra high resolution display and for me the X2 was the clear winner. Your assertion that I have not owned any of the equipment that currently sits in my house is foolish and could make others see your argument as a little childish. (plus basically being called a liar made me steam a bit and trust me when I say my first draft of this post was much more abrasive than what has ended up here in shiny pixels.)
All this is IMO of course (In My Opinion).
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I went from GTX280 SLI to Dual 4870X2's, and back to GTX280 SLI !
Microstutter is present with all multi-GPU solutions, when running in AFR (alternate frame rendering) mode. I doubt that the SLI'd GTX280s solution will be any better in that regard, although it should outperform the x2 in general.
You need to say why you went back
also the reason why you went from this card to that card.
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I wouldn't worry about microstutter...
I've had a SLi setup and now on Crossfire. I've looked very, very hard and I'm the kind of guy who would get **** off by even a minor bug. But I've noticed absolutely no stuttering at all.
Only thing that has given me stutter before is Vista OS mouse acceleration.
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