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Reply to jaydeejohn

2x 4870x2 is 4 graphics cards, of course it's gonna bonk GTX 280 SLI.

Reply to bpogdowz

If 3 G280s doesnt bring improvement, then why does 4 4870s rock?

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Reply to jaydeejohn

thats some insane scaling on the 4870x2s

Reply to fugben

Why does Radeon have better memory management? I bet you'd have to be a technician at Radeon to answer that one.

Reply to bpogdowz

jaydeejohn wrote :

Ah but 2x 4870x2 does http://gpucafe.com/2008/08/4870x2- [...] ckling-in/

CFing x2 cards have never been better than this man.

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Reply to romulus47plus1

The 4xxx series is more efficiant as its more balanced, no major choke points. The advantage nVidia had over ATI is gone. The G200 series has all the bandwidth it needs, but has been cut down in other ways, as compared to the G80-G90. Its funny, because the G90s were bandwidth starved, now the G200s have more than enough, but simply cant keep up with it

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Reply to jaydeejohn

how bout this.

Does 1 280 beat 100x 7900GT?

Guess who wins the 1 280.

Cuzz the CPU bottleneck and the overhead and the scaling all slowed it down.

Reply to lasttarget

My point is, the scaling of 2 4870x2s is really good, whereas, the G280 in tri-sli isnt that good

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Reply to jaydeejohn

ROFL!!!.Op ask about 260x3 vs 280 and you guys totally jacked his thread.

Reply to ro3dog

OooPs heheh

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Reply to jaydeejohn

bpogdowz wrote :

Stay on topic or get out my thread.

Don't be such a punk. He was trying to give you advice on multiple GPU's. Besides, try to kick him from your thread. :kaola:

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Reply to hairycat101

Ill answer your question since these first graders cant. G280 wins because triple sli is in its early stages. They did a test with triple sli and performance went down with triple sli instead of normal sli.

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Reply to ChaosGS

hairycat101 wrote :

Don't be such a punk. He was trying to give you advice on multiple GPU's. Besides, try to kick him from your thread. :kaola:

Dont be such a punk. He only wanted his simple question answered.

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Reply to ChaosGS

ChaosGS wrote :

Dont be such a punk. He only wanted his simple question answered.

How 'bout you stop being such a punk. He already got his answer from several people. Others in this very thread said the same thing... tripple SLI is a waste and it SLI doesn't scale well with 3. If you check back, get someone who can read to go back through what was already posted and tell you what others wrote.

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Reply to hairycat101

hairycat101 wrote :

Your just a sad fatass guy trolling the forums trying to make someone feel bad.

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Reply to ChaosGS

ChaosGS wrote :

Your just a sad fatass guy trolling the forums trying to make someone feel bad.

Sure. If that thought makes you feel better. I doubt it will because you seem bitter to the core. I've seen your posts before and you always seem to jump to bitter responses.

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Reply to hairycat101

hairycat101 wrote :

Sure. If that thought makes you feel better. I doubt it will because you seem bitter to the core. I've seen your posts before and you always seem to jump to bitter responses.

Ive seen your posts before, and your always trying to be a jerk, and that thought does make me feel better (even put a smile on my face). Im just tired of everyone being mean to other people asking for help.

Message edited by ChaosGS on 08-09-2008 at 10:41:59 PM

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Reply to ChaosGS

i like pie

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2 gtx 280s win...

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off topic... 2 4870x2's beat that... maybe that doesn't work for you because you already have a sli board.... its just if your able to shell out about 800 - 1000 on gpu's alone... a x48 mobo wouldn't be too much more

PS. I'm a punk to!!! FLAME ME!!! WOO HOO!!!

Message edited by thogrom on 08-09-2008 at 10:47:28 PM

Reply to thogrom

This has obviously gotten off topic
anyways I would go with the 2x sli so in the future you can get a third..

Reply to shawnhath

Thogrom: Do you like cheese.

Reply to V3NOM

I think your all pretty, so there is no need to fight.

Besides, I thought one of the big offerings of the 280 was that it had improved SLI scaling?

Reply to Ascadia

Every Tri-SLI review I've ever seen has suggested that it's a waste of money and shows very little improvement. Out of the two choices you have presented, the 280GTX is the better choice.

As other posters have mentioned, the 4870X2 CF, is the better choice for OMGWTF performance, with the added benefit of using a decent motherboard.

Reply to IndigoMoss

Unless you run an insane resolution, I'd just stick to dual 260 GTX if it were me. Beyond that, (either of your SLI options) you pay a huge amount more for relatively little gains in performance.

Message edited by pauldh on 10-02-2008 at 04:20:47 PM

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