23 Sep 2008 at 02:47 #1 Dicehunter Dicehunter Soldato Joined 19 Feb 2007 Posts 15,362 Location Northampton As the titlse says, how much of a difference is there in performance between the 2 ?
23 Sep 2008 at 09:53 #2 AWPC AWPC Soldato Joined 8 Dec 2005 Posts 10,743 Around 3-5%. I used to have the same mobo you have in your signature then went to an X48 model and saw around 5% increase with the same graphics card. However when ATI enable the sideport feature of the 4870X2 you may see a bigger increase as that will double the interconnect speed.
Around 3-5%. I used to have the same mobo you have in your signature then went to an X48 model and saw around 5% increase with the same graphics card. However when ATI enable the sideport feature of the 4870X2 you may see a bigger increase as that will double the interconnect speed.
23 Sep 2008 at 10:24 #3 pastymuncher pastymuncher Man of Honour Joined 12 Jul 2005 Posts 21,529 Location Aberlour, NE Scotland AWPC said: However when ATI enable the sideport feature of the 4870X2 you may see a bigger increase as that will double the interconnect speed. Click to expand... Sorry to barge in but what's this sideport thingy then?
AWPC said: However when ATI enable the sideport feature of the 4870X2 you may see a bigger increase as that will double the interconnect speed. Click to expand... Sorry to barge in but what's this sideport thingy then?
23 Sep 2008 at 12:22 #4 AWPC AWPC Soldato Joined 8 Dec 2005 Posts 10,743 pastymuncher said: Sorry to barge in but what's this sideport thingy then? Click to expand... http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3372&p=3
pastymuncher said: Sorry to barge in but what's this sideport thingy then? Click to expand... http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3372&p=3