2 7900GT's VS one 7950 GX2

[Geoff]

Sli GTX's is faster than the GX2

Very true, and it's because as you said, the clocks are significantly lower.

 

[JSquier]

I don't think that games will take full advantage of the 7950GX2 before DX10 comes out. So in my opinion, a 7900GT would be just as well until DX10

 

[Cole_ie]

you can quad them? thats $2400 of graphics. thats insane.

Quad as in two of them in sli, but there are actually four gpu's, so technically it is quad SLI even though there are only two slots taken up.

 

[Dr Studly]

obviously 2 7900GTs over 1 7950GTX
think about it... 2 7900GTs:
7900+7900=15800
that is obviously a much higher number than 7950...

 

[bebopin64]

so if I bought 2 7300's then it would be better than 1 gx2???? wow.... I never knew.

 

[Geoff]

so if I bought 2 7300's then it would be better than 1 gx2???? wow.... I never knew.

Or how about two ATI 7500's?

I hope you were joking Encore...

 

[YEA_PC_PHONICS]

encore=grapejuice lol. ya im sure he did thet on purpose. i still think im puttin that in my sig.

 

[bebopin64]

i beat you to it

 

[Christian Darrall]

no you never he was faster

i think things are going way 2 far they are just increasing speeds on these things never changing it.

x2 is better as at least its incorportating a new technology. (dual core)

wait until gfx cards have HT technology (which btw what is HT Technology)

 

[bball4life]

the GX2 is basically two 7900GTXs together... so id say the GX2

No its two 7900gt's. So performance techinically they should be neck and neck, but sli isn't perfect so I would assume that teh gx2 would have the upper hand. But not necissarily, because when you run then in quad sli you only get 300% of the performance of a single 7900gt, so essentially you are losing a whole gpu. I said a gx2, it leaves the option of running them in sli, if you so choose.

 

[bigsaucybob]

no you never he was faster

i think things are going way 2 far they are just increasing speeds on these things never changing it.

x2 is better as at least its incorportating a new technology. (dual core)

wait until gfx cards have HT technology (which btw what is HT Technology)

x2 is not always better, maybe in a CPU but not in GPU. Why have two when you can have one of equal power.

HT technology is what is used in Intel and AMD processors, its called hyper threading in Intel and Hyper Transport in AMD (i think). It makes the processor think it has two physical cores by like grouping information.

 

[bball4life]

AMD doesn't have any type of Hyper Threading at all. Hyper Transport is the same thing as Front Side Bus, just one is AMD on is Intel.

 

[maroon1]

Two 7900GT in SLI doesn't beat 7950GX2,but two 7900GTX in SLI is better than 7950GX2
look at these benchmarks
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/nvidia-gf7950gx2_13.html
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/nvidia-gf7950gx2_14.html
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/nvidia-gf7950gx2_12.html

 

[WeatherMan]

Just wondering but would 2 7950GX2's in QLi be better than 2 X1900XTX's in Crossfire?

 

[WeatherMan]

Damn Just as I post that I hear that OCUK are bringing stock in of the X1950XTX tonight or tomorrow!!!

 

[diduknowthat]

Just wondering but would 2 7950GX2's in QLi be better than 2 X1900XTX's in Crossfire?

I would assume so, seeing that a single 7959GX2 beats a single X1900xtx

 

[Dr Studly]

I hope you were joking Encore...

yea, i wus...lol

 

[WeatherMan]

Wow according to the Inquirer the X1950XTX uses more power and is going to be better than a 7950GX2!

 

[TonyBAMF]

there info looks like BS to me, lets see what happens.

 

[The_Beast]

I voted 1950GX2. Does anyone know how much the DX10 is going to be price wise?