[Compare] HD3870 Crossfire vs 8800GT SLI

[LaMpiR]

One of the best comparisons ever

This 3870 in Crossfire rulz

Hoping for new results of 8800GTS G92 to possibly replace my 8800GTS 320MB but as i look, probably will go for dual 3870

[LaMpiR]

Was this tested in Vista or XP? There are serious issues with SLI and CF in vista....

There are serious issues with everything in Vista

[labs23]

By theory, x-fire has better scalability than SLI... For scalability to work, we need good cards and drivers. And its evident, an 8800GT in single card, outperforms a 3870, but SLI'd 8800GT is behind x-fired 3870...=(

[mouawad]

i think it's funny how emo attached GT fanboys get so cut up now that they realise their card isn't so mighty after all.

the 38xx series have alot of aces up their sleeves and the performance difference is minimal to none existant at times.

crossfire 3870 is doing me ok ..here's my 20404 06 run in Vista X64

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=4094406

[The Nemesis]

3870 Crossfire is far superior than any Nvidia SLI offering below the 8800 GTX's, but only when running windows vista. Vista's performance seems lower than xp's when running the same hardware, so most gamers haven't made the switch. Again, I'd like to see a winXP comparison as I'm not sold on grabbing a couple of 3870's just this yet.

[Spoudazo]

February '08 = Nvidia D9E

[Jakko]

February '08 = Nvidia D9E

What does that have to do with this thread?

[Spoudazo]

People comparing a card that's over a year old to a new card from ATI.

[jimmyz]

People comparing a card that's over a year old to a new card from ATI.

8800 gt was launched the 29 th of october. the 3870 was launched the nov. 15th. that is why they are being compared. quit clogging up the threads with your b.s.

[Spoudazo]

The 8800gt is a simply refresh of the G80-series, as Nvidia unfortunately has had no reason to release anything better.

[IcY18]

Same goes with the current 3xxx's they are simply a refresh of the 2xxxx Series to 55nm, ATi just decided to call them a new generation.

[Lestat]

Same goes with the current 3xxx's they are simply a refresh of the 2xxxx Series to 55nm, ATi just decided to call them a new generation.

a refresh of the cards is not what they are doing.

if they can take a lesser, or supposedly lesser card and make it run nearly neck and neck with their top tier card,, thats a helluva lot more than a refresh of the core.

[Spoudazo]

And my point still stands, as the 2900xt is a relatively new card as well.

[LaMpiR]

So, what's it gonna be?
2x3870 or 8800GTS 512?

[187(V)URD@]

So, what's it gonna be?
2x3870 or 8800GTS 512?

Depends on what resolution you gonna play your games in.

In anandtech review a 8800GT 512MB matches the 8800GTS 512MB in 1900*1200 4xAA resolution. So no point for paying an extra 100$ if you play in 1900*1200 4AA.

So still think the 2x3870 wins in 1900*1200 vs 8800GTS 512MB.

[LiViD]

It's not just a matter of resolution, it's also a matter of what games the user wants to play. I'm not going to try and blow smoke up anyones' arse, but I see a lot of games being tailored towards Nvidia and SLI. If you are a CoD4 player, I'd recommend the GTS 512MB. CoD4 doesn't take advantage of CrossFire and I learned that the hard way. Research your games first before making the final purchase.

[187(V)URD@]

I am not gonna buy 400$ cards because of one stupid game .
For me its resolution that counts.

[mouawad]

So, what's it gonna be?
2x3870 or 8800GTS 512?

no competition in crossfire supported titles.

[Wallboy]

So is the verdict that if one wants to go with a dual card setup that dual 3870's are better than dual 8800GT's? Any other benchmarks confirming this?

[LiViD]

I am not gonna buy 400$ cards because of one stupid game .
For me its resolution that counts.

Quite the ignorant comment, but however....

It's not just one game, it's a lot of games. MOH: Airborne, Crysis, UT3, Bioshock.. all these games are tailored towards Nvidia.

[Fush]

It's not just a matter of resolution, it's also a matter of what games the user wants to play. I'm not going to try and blow smoke up anyones' arse, but I see a lot of games being tailored towards Nvidia and SLI. If you are a CoD4 player, I'd recommend the GTS 512MB. CoD4 doesn't take advantage of CrossFire and I learned that the hard way. Research your games first before making the final purchase.

whats this? i plan on playing alot of cod and i was going to get 2x hd3870.

What source did you get your info from???

[zanzabar]

Quite the ignorant comment, but however....

It's not just one game, it's a lot of games. MOH: Airborne, Crysis, UT3, Bioshock.. all these games are tailored towards Nvidia.

if it keeps getting too tailored nv will have a lawsuit again like with doom3, but crossfire works in those games and it dose in COD4 since ati put some drivers out, but nv gets sli out quick for new games since they get to code well before ati dose but then again this will also lead to a lawsuit also if it gets out of hand


also as nv unlocks shaders with on those paid off devs games the ati cards will get better frames as they use all of the shaders like in COJ

[Fush]

anyone got some cod4 bench scores? my google skills are lacking

[Newblar]

had no idea the 3870's in xfire were even comparable to an SLI gt setup
O_O

[The Nemesis]

had no idea the 3870's in xfire were even comparable to an SLI gt setup
O_O

In windows vista. Windows xp is a differnt story however.