Good information, hadn't thought of that. I'll have to look at the architecture of the GTX280 and see what it is. Since you mentioned the GX2 as SLI, probably the GTX280 is not? Got to look and see. Of course I'll also be watching to see if ATI will really solve their problems with the 4870....
Steve On 7/14/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The reason why the GTX280 and the 9800GX2 performance figures vary so wildly > is solely down to the game/benchmark being run. > > The GX2 is basically "SLI on a card" and as such falls foul of games that do > not run well in multi-GPU mode. Some games will give you almost twice the > performance for the second GPU, others give you next to nothing. > > Multi-GPU configs (whether 2 separate cards or "2 GPUs on a card") are only > ever useful if the games you play take proper advantage of them. > > Regards > Jason > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Steve Tomporowski > > Sent: 13 July 2008 11:45 > > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > > Subject: Re: [H] Fastest Nvidia Card??? > > > > Interesting, sigh. Seems to be the typical arguments for ATI: It's > > faster when it decides to work. > > > > Once I bought an ATI TV card because it was cheap. The software > > caused all sorts of problems, did not work like anybody would want it > > to, and, to top it off, 99% of all 3rd party TV software did not > > support it. Needless to say it's sitting in a bag in the drawer. > > And, no, they never updated the software. > > > > I really don't have a prejudice when buying hardware, however, when it > > don't work, I don't feel the need to put any 'spin' on it. My time is > > valuable and a bargain is not a bargain (similarly 'best bang for the > > buck' is not) when you have to put gobs of time into it and still not > > have a lot of confidence it'll work. > > > > Back to the original question (slightly modified): Which is really > > faster the GTX280 or the 9800GX2? Depending on the benchmark, they > > seem to be all over the place. Of course, each site that does > > benchmarking uses different hardware, settings, software, etc. > > > > > [CC]Personal[/CC] > This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or > otherwise protected from disclosure. > If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender > and delete this message and any > attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must > not copy this message or attachment > or disclose the contents to any other person. > Incoming and outgoing email communications may be monitored by Clifford > Chance, as permitted by applicable > law and regulations. > > For further information about Clifford Chance please see our website at > http://www.cliffordchance.com or refer > to any Clifford Chance office. > > Clifford Chance LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England > & Wales under number OC323571. > The firm's registered office and principal place of business is at 10 Upper > Bank Street, London, E14 5JJ. > For further details, including a list of members and their professional > qualifications, see our website > at www.cliffordchance.com. The firm uses the word 'partner' to refer to a > member of Clifford Chance LLP or > an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. The > firm is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. > The Authority's rules can be accessed by clicking on the following link: > http://www.sra.org.uk/code-of-conduct.page > >
