What's Your Video Hardware?

Well you are true about the melting x2s but the PhysX is cheating in 3dmark im not saying its not in games but in 3dmark il say it is when it overwrites dlls and as i said i usually check muropaketti for news etc and reviews and im not really gettin those im gonna buy 4870 as its best price-performance card theres out... And im using 1280X1024 reso as i have 19'' monitor-.-

And we really should stop this its so offtopic and it really doesnt matter -.-

And I know that X2 is dual gpu and 280 is single but in future i think that almost all videocards will be dual or quadro or more gpus as its cheaper and easier to make multiple and connect em. As you can see from the prices and I would use nvidia too if they would have lower prices. When 280 came out it cost like 700 dollars? and when X2 came out it cost 400 dollars and after that nvidia lowered the 280 to 500 or something? so theres a hell lot air in the prices. the end.

PS. When u must be so rich when u got good pc send me one 280 :p

All good mate. Nothing wrong with a good debate. In fact, I was thinking of making a debate thread... it's a fine art

I dunno about pricing where you live... but over here the 4870x2 is still like $850, where a GTX280 is more like $600. When I bought my GTX280's they were about $850 each but that was a whole 2 months ago I hate how fast things go cheaper.

I think an awesome option is two 4870's in Crossfire as they will still kick total ass, yet they run a LOT cooler than an X2. At any rate, any kind of dual SLI or Crossfire setup is going to be seriously fast no matter which way you look at it. If you like to chase numbers and like to run benchmarks then sure, a 4870x2 is certainly faster... in fact it is the fastest card out right now. I just didn't like them due to price point and the HEAT.... omg 120�C... what the hell were ATI thinking?

Anyway... I don't like arguing, but a point of view backed up with facts and figures can always end up a good debate. It's one of the few things I really enjoy doing whether I end up being wrong, right, or somewhere in between. It's the best way to really learn about something.

Cheers

~Sol

P.S.> Back on topic xD

Btw in some benchmarks ive seen 4870 in crossfire going faster than X2! Oh and well I live in Finland and heres link to shop I usually buy stuff from

http://www.jimmspc-store.fi/tuote/A7000?t=false

Thats X2 with 2gb memory and costs 439 euros when

Cheapest 280 http://www.jimmspc-store.fi/tuote/R-VGA150910F?t=false

A bit under 400 euros

Omg 2 4870s Golden Samples with twin fan coolers(Gainward installed) costs about 450euros!!!

Omg i need to buy those for my xmas present

Notebook:

Device name: ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1600

Pixel shader: 3

Estimated VRAM: 1022 MB

Motion blur: Yes

Device name: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Pixel shader: 2

Estimated VRAM: 300 MB

Motion blur: Yes

Notebook:

Device name: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family

Pixel shader: 3

Estimated VRAM: 355 MB

Motion blur: Yes

Device name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Pixel shader: 3

Estimated VRAM: 1507 MB

Motion blur: Yes

Device name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT (laptop)

Pixel shader: 3

Estimated VRAM: 1774 MB

Motion blur: Yes

ASUS EN9600GT Silent

Vram= 1335mb

Trueram=512mb

Device name: Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller

Pixel shader: 0

Estimated VRAM: 47 MB

Motion blur: No

Yeah I win!....

Yeah I'll be putting in my geforce 6200

Device name: Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller

Pixel shader: 0

Estimated VRAM: 47 MB

Motion blur: No

Yeah I win!....

Yeah I'll be putting in my geforce 6200

Oh wow lol XD

I bet Crysis runs SICK on that beast

Yeah I think the 6200 would be a better choice in this situation!

~Sol

Device name: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Pixel shader: 3

Estimated VRAM: 715 MB

Motion blur: Yes

Device name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

Pixel shader: 3

Estimated VRAM: 995 MB

Motion blur: Yes

Device name: Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family

Pixel shader: 2

Estimated VRAM: 255 MB

Motion blur: No

Geforce 7300

px shader 2.1

256 mb dedicated

256 mb shared

Sux for modern games

Device name: VIA Chrome9 HC IGP

Pixel shader: 2

Estimated VRAM: 335 MB

Motion blur: No