As title really. I've read that ppl are getting good results with Sli set ups, but with Xfire still being in it's infancy (ish) I was wondering if the performance is just as good as Sli, better, more costly, more stable, etc.
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How good is "crossfire"?
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If your thinking of going crossfire.You really need to look up reviews of crossfire with the games you play..
The extra performance from having two cards varys very much from one game to the next.The same can be said of SLI.
Here a link to a review of ATI Radeon X1800 XT cards in crossfire.
http://www.simhq.com/_technology2/technology_077a.html
The extra performance from having two cards varys very much from one game to the next.The same can be said of SLI.
Here a link to a review of ATI Radeon X1800 XT cards in crossfire.
http://www.simhq.com/_technology2/technology_077a.html
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That latest BF2 patch mentions that you cant run X-FIRE at 1920x1080 (eg widescreen lcd's etc) at high settings as it runs out of video memory and crashes. An issue with the the x-fire implementation so they say.
Anyway, personally I wouldnt, but I wouldnt go SLI either (which seems to be the better of the 2)
Slim
Anyway, personally I wouldnt, but I wouldnt go SLI either (which seems to be the better of the 2)
Slim
HI,
Actually crossfire is technically more advanced than sli in it's implementation. It's performed in hardware rather than software (sli). There are a number of ways crossfire can be used too, it has various methods of dividing the load between the 2 cards. Performance wise I'd say anything from a 25%-35% increase (realistic rather than optimistic). I have 2 of the 1900's in crossfire. Bottom line is this, you don't get double the performance, and it really depends on what you can afford and also your concept of value for money.
Thanks
Raja
Actually crossfire is technically more advanced than sli in it's implementation. It's performed in hardware rather than software (sli). There are a number of ways crossfire can be used too, it has various methods of dividing the load between the 2 cards. Performance wise I'd say anything from a 25%-35% increase (realistic rather than optimistic). I have 2 of the 1900's in crossfire. Bottom line is this, you don't get double the performance, and it really depends on what you can afford and also your concept of value for money.
Thanks
Raja