9800x2 or 3870x2

I am looking to buy a new card ASAP, but I cant decide which card to buy. I am running a XFX 780i mobo. I play mostly First Person Shooters at 1920x1080. Is the 9800x2 going to be ridiculously overpriced? If it is I would rather go with a HD3870x2, even though im running a 780i.

Judging by the design of the 9800 and how much it is scheduled to cost I would say it sure will cost alot more then the 3870x2. The 9800 will still be stuck with DX10.0 and have **** dx10 performance forever but the ati cards are dx10.1 and compatable for the next few years of updates.

good points, but systemlord, will I need two of either of those in the next 2 years?

8800GTS 512's would look better to me.

The 9800GX2 is supposed to be ~$600. Hope the 9800GTX improves it's performance and keep a reasonable price.

Sounds like a good choice. I still want to see how the 9800GX2 and 9800GTX are, but I am starting to lean towards getting a 3870X2 as well to replace my 8800GT.

ATI is supposed to release a slightly updated one though in a couple months I think, so I might wait for that. Nvidia might have some good products, but the 3870X2 scales well at higher resolutions, is available now, and is a very reasonable $450.

This is the same thing Nvidia did when the 7800GTX was out, then came the 7900GTX. Here we are doing it all over again.

Your not going to be able to run two ATI cards in SLI,so seeing as you own a 780i,you should wait untill the 18th of this month and see what the price will be.If you go with a eVGA 9800GX2 and it turns out you do not like it,you can use it to step up to the 9800 GTX which should be released by the end of this month. It would be wrong to rush into this with both cards being released this month. Whats the rest of your system like??

Yes the 9800GX2 will beat the 3870x2 in performance and yes it IS going to be (riduculously) expensive.

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If you play only FPS then you might as well wait for the next gen card from either company cos there isn't any great FPS coming out for a while. Farcry2 and Alan Wake are expected in august. Get a 8800GT or a GTS in the meantime. SLI them if you wish.

Everyone doesn't crap money, mate. The Radeon 3870x2 is $420. Whilst the 9800x2 is $600. If you expect a stupendously bombastic performance of the 9800x2 when compared with the Radeon x2, you will be very disappointed. Anyways, in reality, anything above 50fps is pure bragging rights and thats all. I'm not a fanboy, i own an 8800GT myself, but seeing the performance of the 3870x2 i have doubts about the 9800gx2. The 3870x2 wud def be a gud/better choice if the OP cannot wait for the next gen.

I've got 1 x 3870, it runs all current games great, go for it, you won't regret it. Like I said in another post, it handles Crysis dx10 ultra high no problem (29 FPS). So the x2 should wipe the floor with it.

at 640x480?

nothing can do what you are claiming, if you have a trick other than custom configs I would love to know

At the moment, I couldn't really recommend either the 3870X2 or either of the GeForce 9800 cards... Though if forced between them, I'd go for the Radeon purely for the reason that it is the least absurd; the GeForce will, once it's FINISHED, almost certainly out-perform the Radeon, but at a margin that wouldn't really justify the price alone.

Seriously, at this point, I personally wouldn't get anything beyond an 8800GT, possibly the GTS G92.

I can't help but say that I've got a bad feeling how the 9800s are going to turn out... Part of it may be bad memories of the 7950GX2, and part of it may also be that nVidia's simply recycling G92 and doubling up in lieu of making a better single-GPU card. If the Radeon HD 4000 series is single-GPU, that can't bode too well for nVidia, as a single GPU and bank of memory will be much cheaper to produce than a matched pair for what will still be a single card.

I can't remember the last time we had so many new graphics cards being released in such a short time! Three years ago the 7800GTX came out the very same day that I was looking to buy the 6800Ultra, I bought the 7800GTX. Now its just crazy to try and keep up.

I think the hd3870x2 is better because it is more bang for buck than the gx2 and u can crossfire them on an intel mobo. You might even be able to crossfire them with the hd4000 series but i doubt it.

I'll have to say that I really prefer Intel chipsets also, but never had having an Nvidia chipset...