OC3D Review: XFX 9800GX2 Quad SLI

[w3bbo]

With matured drivers we take a look at where your money should go with regards to a Quad GPU setup. XFX 9800GX2's or ATI 3870X2's.

OC3D Review: XFX Quad SLI​

 

[nepas]

nice review mate,and very impressive results.However I can safely say that there is no way I could justify spending that amount on gfx cards,but would love to try it out

 

[w3bbo]

Yeah it's alot of money to fork out on GPU's and I don't think I could justify paying that much but before doing the review I was more than content with my quadfire setup...now I have my doubts after playing with the Quad SLI setup.

 

[cuprasport]

Very nice mate very in depth

whens the 4870 crossfire and 280gtx reviews?

 

[StevenG]

nice review... shows everything i wanted to see here.. too bad i cant afford the gx2's. 48*0's should be good though. wouldnt mind seeing a review comparing these to the G260/280

StevenG

 

[ionicle]

looks good

but yea, a 4870 in crossfire also would have added nicely to the comparison

but i'm guessing you can only do so much

 

[Luigi]

Nice, you can really see quad sli make its own at 2560x1600

 

[w3bbo]

Cheers. Yeah it would be nice to test the latest and greatest , especially in SLI/CrossfireX - watch this space.

As a side note would you all prefer the res to be turned down a little as I know not everyone has 24-30" screens (although you should!).

 

[FarFarAway]

Nice review again Rich I think the price is far too high even for the half decent high level performance seen here to be honest

Plus those babies get majorly hot and majorly loud

 

[Rastalovich]

One thing that bothers me is how the gx2 takes 2 slots and the single pcb cards take 2 slots.

 

[w3bbo]

Basically both GPU's are still cooled efficiently as the GX2 has one large cooler attached to both cores(one either side of the cooler) rather than each core having a separate cooler. The downside to this is that the heatsink needs alot of air to be passed through it which in the GX2's case means more noise.

 

[Luigi]

What screen you on webbo? a 30" im guessing... Nice review I can see its not really worth it for me on 24, unless I add loads of AA

 

[w3bbo]

30" although as the results show a 24" would also be affected though not as much as the res is scaled down.

 

[Luigi]

:O lucky bugger

 

[meller]

lol

8 years later, it's funny coming back and reading these comments about the old school GX2 GPU's and pricing of cards in 2008.

People want to talk pricing and reading the fun of "old school sli" for the 8000 series and 9000 series cards. Especially when compared to today. If only young us would have known back then.