Quote Originally Posted by Donnie27 View Post

Last but not least, any 3DMarks is useless since it doesn't correspond to any real world Game.
Oh but I believe it does. A lower score in 3D mark does indeed mean slower performance all round in your games (likewise higher score = better performance).

4x PCI-E lanes are a bottleneck for current graphics cards. While a crossfire setup on a P35 will give you a nice performance boost, it still wont be as good as an X48 and two full 16x lanes. But just buying an X48 for two full 16x lanes isnt worth the cost if that is the only extra feature I am wanting to upgrade to.

Regardless of Nvidias recent practice which I am also not a fan off, they can at least offer boards in the budget range with two 16x slots, I dont see why Intel / AMD cant do this.

Right now with Crossfire, you have to spend £150-£200 if you want full speed crossfire and a decent overclocking board, something that Nvidia can at least do with SLI for £50-60.