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    285M SLI vs 5780 xFire

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Plisken, Dec 21, 2010.

  1. Plisken

    Plisken Notebook Consultant

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    I was wondering what preforms better on the M17x? 285M in SLI or the 5870's in xFire? Both in actual games and synthetic benchmarks.
     
    Plisken, Dec 21, 2010
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  2. Kade Storm

    Kade Storm The Devil's Advocate

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    Heh. This again.

    Plain and simple: 5870s newer tech. Faster. Refined. Much more headroom for overclocking.

    However, the 285s are bloody powerful, and you'd be content maxing out games on even weaker cards. Point here is that the 5870s are still the cheaper options, so for a lesser price-tag, you get a very decent margin of performance gain.

    Of course, if you're one of those CUDA programmers, or something, then Nvidia is your only option.
     
    Kade Storm, Dec 21, 2010
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  3. Jubei Kibagami

    Jubei Kibagami Notebook Consultant

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    I totally agreed with Kade Storm.
     
    Jubei Kibagami, Dec 21, 2010
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