Quote Originally Posted by Donnie27 View Post
The X2 card works every time, the SLI and CF doesn't. I'd take X2 any time. Sorry but 2 X2's are kind of Crazy in most cases.

If I wanted X58, and I do want it, I'm happier with one 4870 X2 than two of either nVidia or AMD cards. So I don't want or need a NF200 on the board.
The bridge chip is absolutely not needed, the lock is in the drivers. That, and also the fact that the cards work better without the chip, this is just a dirty solution to enable SLI on X58, just like in Skulltrail. An unneeded chip in the chain can only make things worse.

I don't know about the 4870X2 until I test it, but I'll tell you one thing: the 3870X2 does NOT work well. You get about the same FPS of 3870CF, and you get the exact same problems and incompatibilities. Now I have hopes for the microstuttering problem after looking at the early Sampsa's tests, but the 'you need a CF profile for each game, and it has to work well' thing still scares me, and I bet I'll face the same situation I faced when I used 3870CF and 3870X2 for a few weeks with 4870CF and 4870X2. The Crossfire Sideport has nothing to do with this, as it's only a connection between the cards.