New ATI 48xx series cards and crossfire...

Computer_Freak

Computer_Freak

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Hey guys.

Ive been reading a lot (an i mean a lot) of reviews on the net about these cards.

Now i am intrested in getting one of these but when the time comes and i have to upgreade again i will want to crossfire (I may even want to do it now)

So i went to look at CF reviews of the 48xx series and i was shocked to see that there was hardly any improvement over a single GPU. Ten farmes was the average (except CoD4, which nearly doubled...???) Even though i only play CoD4, its nice to have an improvement in everything...

What is up with that ATI? Will this be fixed with drivers? Or is this just how it is..?

ATI used to have the best scaleability with the HD3870 as they performes worse than the 8800GT, but in CF and SLI they were the same or the ATI wast a little worse...

What is going on?

Can anyone comment
 
There aren't many reviews on 4870's Crossfire, and the ones i have seen are scaling extremely well in games with CF enabled.

Any new card will need to improve drivers any way. Its still too early to say much with the early drivers, which is why i hate seeing people refer to review sites for video card comparisons. Even after the cards are out for a while, the reviewer will not update their results after many driver releases. And yet will try to compare to the nvidia equivalent which has already been out, and had more time for drivers to mature.

It takes time for all the bugs to get worked out.
 
I would guess about so. From what I've seen, ATI gets their drivers out quickly too. While NVIDIA is sitting there with massive Vista bugs, that even SP1 can't take care of, and they decide to pump out a driver every three months or so. I'd bet on just waiting for the 4870X2, becuase it'll be less buck for your huge bang, and the drivers will be further along for the series. ;)
 
Yes, if the reviews are even correct. The drivers just need time to mature, as does any new card on the market.
 
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