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wormy   06-25-2008 at 03:11:40 PM

I have looked at the reviews from these 2 sites...and the call of duty 4 benchmark results in particular look nothing alike....the 9800GTX+ outperforms the 4870 at gamespot but at anandtech the 9800gtx+ gets smoked....here are the links
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6192928/p-2.html

single card
http://www.anandtech.com/video/sho [...] =3341&p=14

dual card
http://www.anandtech.com/video/sho [...] =3341&p=20

I know the resolutions are different...but something just isnt right

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L1qu1d   06-25-2008 at 03:14:41 PM
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gamespots reviews are worth nothing compared to AnandTech, I wouldn't worry about it.

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aevm   06-25-2008 at 03:27:23 PM
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+1 to L1qu1d's comment. When in doubt, go with AnandTech.

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deuce271   06-25-2008 at 03:29:41 PM
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L1qu1d wrote :

gamespots reviews are worth nothing compared to AnandTech, I wouldn't worry about it.


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njalterio   06-25-2008 at 03:35:08 PM
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They could have also been using different hardware. Performance can vary greatly depending on what cpu/motherboard (not as much, but still some). Driver version could also be contributing to the discrepancy.

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L1qu1d   06-25-2008 at 03:38:00 PM
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Gamespot probably used a P4 ont he 4850 and a Quad core on the 9800 GTX :D LMAO:P

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tamalero   06-25-2008 at 03:47:56 PM
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dont forget that Anand also said about a new driver, and that they were using it
(proof is when they talked about THE WITCHER's CROSSFIRE PERFORMANCE )

 


also before I forget.....

 

whats going on with the wattage of the 4870?
I hard the GT280 was a energychumper ( a la R600 HD2900XT )
yet in crossfire anand claims the 4870 uses around 50% more than the SLI of GT280's.. that sounds.. fishy..


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terror112   06-25-2008 at 03:54:50 PM
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Maby the CPU was (please excuse the overuse of this word) "bottlenecking" the SLI'd GTX280 cards so that they would not be running at 100% speed, thus resulting in lower consumption, as that is always a possibility.

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strangestranger   06-25-2008 at 03:58:04 PM
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AFAIK, the clocks are only either in 2d or 3d mode. i do not believe a gfx card can know if it is being used to it's maximum.

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