[Apokalipse]

Originally Posted by Drizzt5

I still don't understand why you wouldn't just got 4870 crossfire...

1. 4870 X2 is a single card (uses a single PCI-E slot)
2. I think 4870 X2 is supposed to perform better than crossfired 4870's. Though that remains to be seen.

[gurusan]

yeah, also people don't have to have good crossfire boards to run them, for example a P35 or nvidia chipset.

[Drizzt]

Originally Posted by Apokalipse

1. 4870 X2 is a single card (uses a single PCI-E slot)
2. I think 4870 X2 is supposed to perform better than crossfired 4870's. Though that remains to be seen.

I was talking to nosboost. And i ment 2x 4870 if he is in a rush to go spend money.

[Wildside]

Originally Posted by Apokalipse

1. 4870 X2 is a single card (uses a single PCI-E slot)
2. I think 4870 X2 is supposed to perform better than crossfired 4870's. Though that remains to be seen.

the 3870 x2 did perform better then 2 3870s in CF in i think most benchmarks. Most likely it will be same for the 4870 x2 or even better since it will have 2GB of GDDR5, perfect for high resolution gaming!

[Drizzt]

I heard it could be 20% better then 2x 4870's.

[veedubfreak]

Supposedly the 4870x2 is 80% better than a single 4870.

[zmatt]

Well if we assume that Crossfire of any given card is 60% faster than one, and the X2 is supposed to be 20% than crossfired 4870's then that makes sense.

[Apokalipse]

I heard it's got something to do with the fact that crossfire is done in hardware, and that it looks like a single GPU to the system.

[Luke]

wow the 4870x2 looks like it will be a great card. I just hope they don't put the price high. A good move would be it around $350. Which i don't think will happen.

[Drizzt]

Thats lower then the 4870, lol it's gonna be probably $400+