Quote:Originally Posted by mitra-
I'm trying to choose between 9800GTX and 9800GX2. Is GX2 worth the extra €€€ (or $$$ :P)?
GX2 costs almost 2x GTX. Is it near 2x better/faster?
Quote Originally Posted by slugzkea View Post
It depends what you want to do with the card. If you want to go extreme, GX2 is the path to extreme. it is currently the fastest card on the planet and you won't go under 60 fps under any circumstances other than crysis.

But even in crysis, at 1024x768 everything set to high, 2xaa I get 100fps average, lowest 55fps..that's pretty damn good!

You won't get that with a single card.
The 9800gx2 isn't twice as fast as an 8800gtx so figure it out from there.

If you play above 1024x768 many games will drop bellow 60fps with gx2. If you play dx10 basically all games will drop bellow probably even at 1024x768. dx10 is basically unplayable at 1920x1080 on quad sli. Age of conan dx9 choppy. Leaked assassins creed dx10 choppy at even 1024. Over doubled the frame rate in WOW vs 8800gtx with every setting maxed 1920x1080 over 110fps. Played Frontline fuels of war with single 9800gx2 it was choppy at max settings. Q6600 at 3.6Ghz striker extreme. 4gb ram. Cpu and ram is major bottleneck.

Drivers need to come a long way. But if you plan on playing dx10 you will need all you can get.