• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

ATI vs Sli

1dmf

1dmf

1dmf

Associate
Joined
30 Nov 2006
Posts
468
What is the better graphics setup

2 x RD600 in Crossfire running @ 8x

or

2 x 8800GTX SLi running @ 16 x
 
Welcome to the forums. :)

I doubt anyone can say as the R600 ain't due till around the end of Jan, and no one knows any specs for it, and no one can say if it will run in 8x, may just be like the G80's, 16x required, but no ones going to know till its released, or if ATi release the specs as said.
 
you say that it might be x16 requesit, so the RD600 won't run on the intel 975x chipset then - is that what your saying?
 
1dmf said:
you say that it might be x16 requesit, so the RD600 won't run on the intel 975x chipset then - is that what your saying?
Click to expand...
He's saying we don't know, and RD600 is a chipset not a graphics card as far as I know.
 
No i said it might be 16x only seen as the G80 is, but no one is going to know till its released, or we get the specs from ATi, all anyone knows is the name of the chipset R600, no one even knows what the card will be called yet, now if anyone can deduce the specs, what it will run, not run on from its chipset name, ill take my hat off to em. :p
 
Last edited:
OIC - so RD600 isn't the name of the ATI card like 8800 is for nvidia , it's the graphics chipset.

I thought RD600 was replacing the X1950XTX as a card name - my bad.

shoot , i'm loathed to spend so much money on intel platform and settle for a X1950XTX running @ 8x

and i'm also feeling spending on the AMD AM2 X2 to just to get SLi 8800GTX is a waste of money also...

i'm stuck between a rock and a hard place :mad:
 
Yeah its the Chipset name, just like the 8800 GTX's chipset name is G80. :)

I doubt theres much loss in performance at 8x anyway, my mates running 2x x1900's on a intel platform fine, primary slot runs at 8x (when 2x cards are used) and his second slot is only 4x, but his performance is as good as 2x 16x, he says if there is any performance loss he can't see any, and his benchmarks are around the same as 2x 16x's as well, just like his frame-rates. :)
 
Last edited:
1dmf said:
OIC - so RD600 isn't the name of the ATI card like 8800 is for nvidia , it's the graphics chipset.
Click to expand...
RD600 is (probably) the name of the next ATI chipset, R600 is the name of the next graphics chip.

R600 is to RD600 as G80 is to nForce.
 
So I have to wait over a month before I even know if RD600 will deliver!
Let alone if any Mobo Manufactures will have a WorkStaion board with RD600, Intel QX , ddr pc-9000 and PCI-X!!!

And will that beat SLi 8800GTX anyhow?

maybe the Mobo Makers will have a board with SLi DX10 , high DDR , FSB and PCI-X by then? - lets hope so!
 
Ulfhedjinn said:
RD600 is (probably) the name of the next ATI chipset, R600 is the name of the next graphics chip.

R600 is to RD600 as G80 is to nForce.
Click to expand...

Or to be slighly more accurate:

R600 is to RD600 as G80 is to C55.

Rumour has it the DFI RD600 is dual PCI-E 8x and one PCI-E 4x. For reference C55 (680i) is dual PCI-E 16x and one PCI-E 8x.
 
so again the chipset - not sure which the processor / graphics , well what ever you seem to imply it will still only support 20 PCI-express lanes, so 1 x 16 and 1 x 4 or 2 x 8 , so i might as well save a grand and OC the 6600 and get 2 x X1950XTX , just the memory dilema to sort out and i think i'm done!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom