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11-17-2008, 05:56 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,822
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Meh, the whole Dual-GPU thing annoys me now.. too much crap to deal with.. | 
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11-18-2008, 11:28 AM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,461
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How? What crap? It didn't annoy you before but now it does?
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11-18-2008, 02:56 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,822
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It did before, but I've come across a revelation.. to the point that I've given up on recommending any of the Dual GPU Cards anymore..
Dual-GPU's are just as bad as Crossfire/SLI are, heat issues, Loudness, lousy case airflow because of it..
I think fellow Tech-Forum Hardware Guru's would agree
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11-18-2008, 05:06 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Somewhere between a 1 and a 0 Posts: 1,677
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Yea, I probably wouldn't go SLI ever again. Just too much to deal with and the heat generated from two cards sucks. As far as the X2s go, I've never really heard of them being that great (since the 7800 days). The cost to benefit ratio over single GPU cards just doesn't cut it.
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11-18-2008, 07:00 PM
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The price of the HD 3870X2 and the 9800GX2 are cheap now, I'll give it that, but its not worth the trouble it comes with.. unless we get extreme cooling
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11-20-2008, 03:04 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 20K Club Posts: 6,150
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Heat is not an issue with the right coolers.
My akimbos run at 70C and 60C on load....and thats when my room is really hot.
When my room is cool, 65C and 57C.
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11-20-2008, 04:30 PM
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Hard Gay Nahalem! Fooo! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bellflower, CA Posts: 10,114
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dual gpu's is a pain in the butt... but i still love em 
and 9800gx2 = gtx280 performance in most cases when sli works out... so 9800gx2 > 4870 in my opinion
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