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Old 3rd Jun 2008, 07:45
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ati 3870x2 or nvidia 9800gx2? which one is better?
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Old 3rd Jun 2008, 08:09
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I would go for the 9800gx2, but only because I like Nvidia, however I'm not sure why I like them, I just do, but they also are ahead with in the competition.
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Default Ati 3870x2 or nvidia 9800gx2?

The 3870X2 is about 100bucks or so cheaper than the 9800GX2
Here are a few benchmark results for you to compare

They are both great cards, the 9800 steal it these days with better drivers
But I would just go for the 3870 as it is cheaper and only performs slightly less than the 9800




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Default Ati 3870x2 or nvidia 9800gx2?

Neither really, SW's benchmarks point it out. Dual-GPUs don't scale well.
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Default Ati 3870x2 or nvidia 9800gx2?

If you've got deep pockets then id go with Nvidia but i doubt you'd experience a noticeable difference between either performance wise.
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