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470 sli or 6870 CF

Rroff said:
This makes me laugh... have you ever used or owned a pair of GTX470 SLI? I can put my hand on my heart and say I've used both options and can tell you for a fact that GTX470 SLI is not that noisey and definitely gives up the performance to make it worth the heat and power use.
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You have used 6870 Xfire? or are you referring to 5870 Xfire or another setup?
 
As for the op I suggest buying a single GTX470 or 6870 - whichever is cheaper unless you prefer one make or the other - and adding a second card if you find you feel the need for it - which I think you probably won't.
 
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Rroff>> Cool, thanks bud :-) Interesting you think the 470 SLI is superior as you've used them. I don't doubt for a second the 470 is the faster single card, but it's odd the reviews say different to your findings when it comes to multi-card, which is why I asked. (No offence intended btw :-) )
 
OP: You won't be dissappointed with performance either way bud. I really wouldn't worry about it ;-) As long as your motherboard supports SLI or Crossfire, and your PSU is powerful enough for either solution, your cool :-)

The 470 is definately the faster SINGLE card though :-)
 
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Scougar said:
Rroff>> Cool, thanks bud :-) Interesting you think the 470 SLI is superior as you've used them. I don't doubt for a second the 470 is the faster single card, but it's odd the reviews say different to your findings when it comes to multi-card, which is why I asked. (No offence intended btw :-) )
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As to which is superior, not a simple answer. I consider that ATI still aren't as good as nVidia when it comes to multi GPU support and more likely of the 2 to be problematic i.e. recent problems with crossfire in BC2, Black Ops, GTA4 and so on.

Unfortunatly I don't have the ability to sit down and compare the different setups like for like in a controlled environment (without spending my own money) and create graphs like these which I feel shows the real story. Most of my exposure to the different setups comes from building or troubleshooting PCs for people, which I often get asked to do being fairly knowledgeable on the subject.
 
Rroff said:
As to which is superior, not a simple answer. I consider that ATI still aren't as good as nVidia when it comes to multi GPU support and more likely of the 2 to be problematic i.e. recent problems with crossfire in BC2, Black Ops, GTA4 and so on.
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I don't know how you dare to claim to have an objective point of view, have you purposefully ignored this post?

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