Oh no not another 9800gx thread

[hornett]

This is what is current in my basket, the small OC fairy on my shoulder is urging me to hit the buy button

Leadtek GeForce 9800 GX2 1024MB GDDR3
(£232.64)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-141-LT
Samsung SM-245B PLUS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £249.99
(£293.74)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-054-SA

Ok before I get mobbed I have read through all the other pages and am only
posting what is going on in my head, if someone can convince me otherwise. I feel I have made the right decision

I have looked at a lot of the pages and the 4870 seems to be mentioned a lot but from what I have seen
it does not out perform the 9800GX2 on its own, and only just beats it when crossfired

http://techreport.com/articles.x/14990/9

My thinking is to get the results I want I would have to buy 2x 4870 plus a crossfire board, bit more than I want to spend. If I get the 9800gx2 I get the results I want and when I do get and new motherboard I can get an SLI and always buy another.

I know it is big but it will fit in my case.

Power consumption
2x4870 234 idle
9800gx2 178 idle

Noise
2x4870 46.8 load
9800gx2 51.0 load

temp
2x4870 88 load
9800gx2 75 load

 

[hornett]

Is there an offical release date for the 4870x2

I am in no rush so might just wait. Even if it is expensive might force the 9800 gx2 down in price

 

[hornett]

Most of the benchmarks I have seen show the 9800gx2 out performs the 280 in FPS only difference is the 280 has the new chip

 

[hornett]

Check out the link I posted

http://techreport.com/articles.x/14990/9

seems to be a jump in FPS from the GTX. some things I have heard though is if the game you play does not support SLI it will only use one of the cards which is something like a 8800 GT so you would notice a diff

For me I currently run a x1950 pro so anything would be an upgrade and I mainly play COD4