9600GT SLI beats 3870X2

I am now confident I'll wait for the nvidia GTX, if 2 of their mainstream gpu's can be cheaper and beat the best Ati card (2 gpu) by 8.15 % in real games.

http://en.expreview.com/?p=273&page=16

" We’ve only run two games and one 3Dmark06, but the score is very weird. While Hd 3870 X2 leads in 3Dmark06, it lose to 9600GT SLI in both call of duty 4 and Bioshock."

It could be a driver problem but anyway the Ati X2 should have the advantage since it's been around longer.

Anyway this seems very promising for the new nvidia high-end cards and SLI scaling, I hope nvidia will suprise us and show that all the specs of the GTX we got till now are fake.

not so great, tbh... a dual 9600gt (w/e it's called) is the same solutiion as a 3870X2...

and 8.16 percent is not a lot... if it's cheaper then fine, but if not, then forget it, i'd be happier with an X2 solution, which can take advantage of Xfire's better GPU scaling....

The last time I checked, the 8800GT SLI outperforms the 3870x2 as well. What is the big scurry about?

http://www.anandtech.com/video/sho [...] i=3209&p=4

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardwar [...] /page3.asp

You say no one would go 9600GT SLI, however it is a good option for those who want a good price/performance system at this time. The pricing of the 9800 series is unknown at the moment and could drastically change from estimates in relation to how the supplies pan out. Those working with a tight budget may not want to dump that much $$ into a SLI GTX system or wait around for pricing to level out.

IMO the GX2 has lost it's mojo. No one quite knows why SLI has improved with the 9600GT at the moment but if it translates well to the GTX, the GX2 won't really have a place to stand out. I think they should just toss it in the same waste bin with the 7 series x2 cards.

Well yes, but the 9600GT is a midrange card.

Ape has the right idea here!
You can prove anything you like with numbers...
Even if it does perform better than a 3870X2 I'm hardly going to chuck in my GTX for two inferior cards am I?
That and as yipsl says, nobody is going to build a new PC with 2 9600's...
A good midrange card, but I can't help but feel it doesn't have space in the marketplace, between the 3850/3870/8800GS/8000GT....

All I wanted to say is that the current reviews of the 9600GT make the new GTX (in SLI) look very promissing.
I was not trying to say we should buy 9600GT SLI, I'm hoping to get the new GTX SLI if it lives up to my expectations.
I'm fully aware that most reviews should be read with a pinch of salt.

I'm not going to look up all the reviews I read in the past about SLI but here is one of the latest. At the end of the page :
"Single to dual GPU scaling is similar with SLI as CrossFire, but the 2-way to 3-way gain is better on CrossFireX."

http://www.anandtech.com/video/sho [...] i=3232&p=3

I'm not trying to prove anything of convince anyone, I'm just trying to share my toughts. I love to read different opinions and learn new things. And I admit I sometimes have to change my mind after reading them. Anyway I'm happy to read all the reply's :-)

Time out. They never tested xfire with the 3870. You can't judge xfire scaling with the comparison of a single 3870 to the 3870x2. Is that what you are saying or am I reading your post wrong? Plus they aren't using xfirex either.

Take this cherry picked benchy for example:




Now compare to this one and you have nothing to go off.



Haha, actually this one is better:

@ tjoepie
Dont think anybody is picking holes with what you are saying just elabourating on what i was saying earlier about the review not being that good, I appreciate where you are coming from when you say this looks good for the new 9800 card but thats just supposition untill we get some solid benchies/reviews from a trusted source, As TGGA is saying there are more holes in the one you posted than a pound of swiss cheese.
Mactronix

Wow I gues you never learned about this thing call prices. See the rest of us exchange currency in return for goods and services, and since the HD3850 sells for less than the GF9600GT, it seems like a perfectly valid comparison. Which is also why people asay the GF9600GT isn't a good value, because the GF8800GT-512 is only about $20 more than it, but destroys all comers in its class.

So really it's a pretty valid comparisson to anyone who isn't ignorant of the options to consumers.

And your comments about the naming strategy is pretty laughable, especially in light of the recent equally questoinable naming strategies from their counterparts.

You obviously also miss the primary point of the excercise which is that if you are very selective with your benchmarks you can show anything in a good/bad light.

Its pretty easy to see the drawback for Nvidia atm:

-SLI is in trouble as its looking to be a rare feature the next year or so
-Nvidia does not offer dx10.1 hardware
-SLI does not scale as well as Xfire on pcie 2.0 MBs

Right now Nvidia is looking more and more like a single card option with a greater risk of wasting your money if hopeing for the SLI upgrade later on.