5870x2 vs 285m sli

Whis is faster between geforce 260m sli or radeon mobility 4870x2 for playing crysis, gta iv, and 3dmark06?

 

i get 10166 in 3dmark06 using a single 260GTX so all we need is someone to post with sli and who uses a 4870

 

Firstly you dont need a 4870m in SLI to be able to play those games one would do especially GTA as thats more CPU intensive in fact its extremely CPU intensive.

The 4870m SLI would destroy the single 260 GTX hands down as long as the game utilized SLI properly. Personally pick yourself up a single 5870M or 460M GTX machine as on their own they run more powerful and cooler, and cheaper than SLI. If you want to compare the 3Dmark06 scores for them read it and weep

4870M SLI: 14495.8
260 GTX: 10177.2

 

he mentioned 260 sli above so they would wipe the floor of the 4870 sli wouldnt they.

 

Opps my mistake he did indeed but nothing changes it would still get beat by the 4870m crossfire as the 260 GTX SLI only hit 11989 in 3Dmark06 because again SLI cannot produce fantastic results unless the program/game that runs it can utilize it to maximum potential, which most cant. The 5870m would also beat the 260 GTX SLI as its one place above it and that is by benchmark standards not by gaming which most games only see a 40-50% increase at most by having 2 mobile cards. My 5870m with my clocks below would leave it on the floor covered in blood and wimpering

Im not an SLI hater by the way I loved my 8700M GT SLI to its last moments until I sold it I always wanted it to be as good as 1 8800M GTX but no matter how hard I tried it was not and never will be because memory bandwidth running through one single powerful card plays such a vital role in a GPU's processing power.

 

Which one is more powerful to play crysis and the latest games?

 

They are pretty close, but the 5870 is the way to go. It is newer overall. (DX11)

 

Yeah. Latest games means you'll want DX11, and the 285 won't give you that. The 5870 is better performance/watt as well as typically being less expensive, too, even if it loses in a few benchmarks.

 

It really is a close call, take a look at some of the benchmark scores here to maybe help you decide...

285M SLI: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI - Notebookcheck.net Tech
5870 Xfire: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - Notebookcheck.net Tech

To be honest you really cant go wrong with either. I chose the 285's because IMHO Nvidia has better driver support.

 

Care to back up that claim? Don't just say Nvidia has better driver support if you can't back it up. AMD WHQL drivers are rated more stable than Nvidia, by WHQL labs... and for most users, stability is more important.

So far in less than a year, Nvidia released two drivers that caused cards to spark and smoke. One of which was packaged with the release of the GTX 590.

Even though Nvidia paid 2 MILLION for Crysis 2, their drivers still had flickering issues with SLI. And a lot of the new games are not Nvidia branded games any longer, in fact many of them have the AMD Gaming Evolved tag now, like Dirt 2, BC2, DA2, Stalker COP, Civilization V, Shogun 2 and Predator v Alien. Nvidia only has Metro 2033 and Lost Planet 2 for DX11 games...

Nvidia having better drivers in the past few years, 2009-2011, is an absolute myth and a fallacy. Both companies have had issues with drivers, neither are perfect. Overall for majority users, both Nvidia and AMD provide easy install and play drivers. Drivers shouldn't be a reason for anyone buying, UNLESS we are talking about professional grade products. There Nvidia still has a bigger presence and an edge.

 

He's talking about Crysis 2 that is still flickering on my 470M SLi with the latest 270.61 drivers.

 

Its a known issue at the MyCrysis forums that AMD / ATI CrossfireX or Nvidia SLI may cause flickering. D:

MyCrysis • View topic - Crysis 2 PC fixes & info [Updated 16th April]

Updating the AMD / ATI Catalyst application profiles should fix it but i dont know if Nvidia have released a fix.
I think Crytek is trying to patch the issue with v1.3.

 

I have to say : that statement is getting very "old". Yes, AMD drivers WERE bad, but now with the Mjolner project ( 11.4+ ), they are amazingly made. Boosted performance like no other drivers can. I believe not even nvidia did this.

 

Why do I need to back up an opinion with proof? I didnt say that NVIDIA flat out does now did I? Based upon what I read here, and other sites, I have formed my own opinion. If you dont like it sorry. Many review sites preach the same all day as well still (wrong or not). Im not trying to start a pissing match... I like them both in fact, I may be making the switch to 2x AMD 6970M with the upcoming M18X I am planning on purchasing.

 

Actually hes right about the statement there.
Nvidia has had time to properly test out that card since its not the newest offer in the tech world, but a setup of two ATI Radeon HD 5870m in Crossfire should scale better.
Also AMD is really stepping the game up with its new project to maximize performance on their Catalyst driver suite.
(Bonus with DirectX 11 support.)

 

Check my scores in sig.
I own a sli 9800m gtx which is basically a gtx260m in sli, same cards.
My scores are with the x9000 @ 3,8:
Windows 7: 15,259
Xp: 16,640

It scales well depends on the game, as an example im able to run crysis 1 veyhigh 1200p 2xAA with 32fps in benchmark with no tweaks.
Crysis 2 in extreme 1200p with average of 32-35 in multiplayer, 32 in single.

 

Your scores are that high because of the 3.8ghz Extreme processor that you have with a normal CPU as per notebookcheck the result is 12719 which is below the 5870M single GPU not to mention the GTX SLI does yield a good 3DMark06 score because that program was created 5 years ago, try out vantage and check your results against a CPU/GPU breakdown.

The GTX cards are very good. The 8800M GTX proved that but modern Directx 11 high memory bandwidth requiring games running with your GDDR3 wont run as well, and SLI is very dependent on the program being able to utilise it which not all can. Benchmarks are made to run SLI at its maximum capacity.