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    ATI vs nVidia !! Need some expoert advice PLZ !!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by brx, Jul 26, 2008.

  1. brx

    brx Newbie

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    I was looking at some laptops and there two graphic cards i was looking and im not realy a pro at this so i was wondering if you guys could help me out wo figure witch one is the best.Thx alot. i dont know if this can help but im going to play mostly games on it.

    2x crossfire dual (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 512Mb)

    vs

    SLI ENABLED DUAL(2) 512MB PCI-Express nVidia Geforce 9800gt

    thx.
     
    brx, Jul 26, 2008
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  2. boypogi

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    they will perform similarly
     
    boypogi, Jul 26, 2008
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  3. Hinduemperior

    Hinduemperior Notebook Deity

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    second wat boypogi said.
     
    Hinduemperior, Jul 26, 2008
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  4. brx

    brx Newbie

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    So both are similare in perfomance... if so thx alot !
     
    brx, Jul 26, 2008
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  5. Nirvana

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    i think 9800m gt will be slightly faster
     
    Nirvana, Jul 26, 2008
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  6. WILLY S

    WILLY S I was saying boo-urns

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    The 9800m GT is slightly faster than the 8800m GTX.
    Either will probably outperform the 3870 by a small amount(10-20%) although they are both still relatively new cards so it might be even less of a gap.
     
    WILLY S, Jul 26, 2008
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  7. Ttime20

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    You would probably have less problems if you went with the SLI config over the Crossfire. Correct me if I'm wrong.
     
    Ttime20, Jul 26, 2008
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  8. Harper2.0

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    Crossfire tends to scale better than SLI.
     
    Harper2.0, Jul 26, 2008
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  9. brainer

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    is the HD 3870 even out yet...?

    EDIT: this tends to be the first Crossfire installment on laptops for ATI, so i dont expect much.
     
    brainer, Jul 26, 2008
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  10. JCMS

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    The 9600GT SLI is a monster (9600GT SLI=8800GT SLI). I'm looking forward to see how the G94 mobile will perform in SLI :)
     
    JCMS, Jul 26, 2008
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  11. Harper2.0

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    yeah but the OP mentioned 9800GT SLI not 9600.
     
    Harper2.0, Jul 26, 2008
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  12. KGann

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    He's talking about the desktop 9600GT's.
     
    KGann, Jul 26, 2008
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  13. Ttime20

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    Ya, pretty much a laptop 9600 GT equals, like what ... an 8600 GT desktop? I'd say that's about right.
     
    Ttime20, Jul 26, 2008
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