X1900XT Crossfire vs 7800GTX SLI.So which then?

[`SippY]

Ummm...
Did you see the benchmark images I posted on the x1900 Anandtech benchmarks?

actually i dident, when i first loaded the page they never showed up, later after i checked the thread i saw them again and decided not to delete my post

[gundamit]

Nothing quite like buyers remorse even before the purchase arrives. Relax. Bust out the cards and enjoy gaming at 1920x1600 until your next major upgrade. If you hadn't already pulled the trigger I would have suggested the single x1900xt as the bang/buck champ on the high end. As far as dual card configurations, in games, overall (with a few exceptions like FEAR) I doubt you'll notice much difference when compared to a CF set-up. As the CF drivers mature a bit more the CF might start to stand out a bit more.

For games I thinks its hard to justify dual card on a bang/buck basis since performance doesn't seem to scale that dramatically. If you're a 3D bencher then by all means stick with a dual card set-up.

If you can't sleep worrying if you made the wrong decision, refuse the package ( as suggested earlier) and wait until the next Nvidia GPU comes out and see how if performs against the x1900 series with more mature drivers on the the next ATI mobo chipset.

[pumbertot]

Nothing quite like buyers remorse even before the purchase arrives. Relax. Bust out the cards and enjoy gaming at 1920x1600 until your next major upgrade. If you hadn't already pulled the trigger I would have suggested the single x1900xt as the bang/buck champ on the high end. As far as dual card configurations, in games, overall (with a few exceptions like FEAR) I doubt you'll notice much difference when compared to a CF set-up. As the CF drivers mature a bit more the CF might start to stand out a bit more.

For games I thinks its hard to justify dual card on a bang/buck basis since performance doesn't seem to scale that dramatically. If you're a 3D bencher then by all means stick with a dual card set-up.

If you can't sleep worrying if you made the wrong decision, refuse the package ( as suggested earlier) and wait until the next Nvidia GPU comes out and see how if performs against the x1900 series with more mature drivers on the the next ATI mobo chipset.

lol they are 2nd hand 512mb gtx that i got at good prices so im not losing anything and much much less than 2x1900xt in uk at £460 each. its costing me about £360 each so im already up on money. so money isnt the issue and after seeing that 19k on sli im quite happy to stay with nvidia for now. my x2 4800 does 2.95Ghz on water but ive still got that machII GT regass with extra condensor mod by BERKUt(bought from hardcoreclocker here on xtreme) up my sleeve so 3.3GHz shouldnt be a problem. hence with both gtx voltmodded and their own 120.3 PA loop 18k-19k shouldnt be far off.

so basically going to stay SLI atm and think about other options in future(G71)? maybe nvidia will now do something to improve forcewares as im still a believer that ATI much better drivers help give them the edge.

thanks for all the replies guys, you have helped shape things but mostly thank you Kingpin for the 19k bench.