Which GPU would you choose for gaming?

I'd be more inclined to believe that two GPU's *does* in fact produce more unmanaged heat than one, though not double. A wild guess might be in the neighborhood of 10% more. The reason I think this is that two GPU's don't typically get the equivalent of double the heat management equipment of one. Concessions have to be made to accommodate the additional hardware in both GPU and thermal transfer parts.

It just seems to me that if two GPU's didn't tend to produce more heat, we would see the option in a lot more machines.

 

Is this true??
A 8800m GTX SLI is more powerful than 9800m GTX SLI and the beast is ATI 3870??

I didnot get it. Also ATI HD 3870 X2 scored 20115. So 8800m GTX and 9800m GTX are weak scoring 16101 and 16942??


http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-8800M-GTX-SLI.6937.0.html
3DMark 05in comparison
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 (min) 150
...
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M 14998
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX 15784
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX SLI 16101
NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX SLI 16942
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 20115
...
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 (max) 20115

 

I wud prefer geforce 8800 or 9800m. Since it also has physx which brings a different joy in games.

 

For 3D05 yes, but that's no longer a useful benchmark.
I'd use 3D06 at least, though Vantage would be better.
The real performance should be the opposite of what you have in the title.

 

3870s bench high, but don't back it up in games.

9800m GTX SLI > 8800M GTX SLI > 3870 X2

 

I don't see it as anymore than a showcase feature, I don't know about you but when my .....bum... is getting shot off, I don't really care that the broken glass pieces are hitting against one another causing different light refraction.

 

Hah! I wish.

If I had the choice for my M17, I'da gone nVidia.

 

3dmark05 is a CPU benchmark these days.

 

2x Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 in Crossfire > Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 > everything else

 

Overkill ... lol

 

It's actually just 2x 4870.

 

Your just jealous

 

this poll should update with HD4870 Crossfire

 

Notebookcheck is pure BS, why people still check the site for comparisons?
A good gpu listing is on the sticky.

 

Without one real world benchmark?

 

You seen enough benchmark for more than half year, and ATi's mobility is just lower clocked version of the DT one, unlike NV's stuipd naming scheme

 

The purpose of the poll was to help me decide which GPU to look for in my next notebook. At this point, in my mind anyway, the HD4870 would be preferable to any of them. I just don't have any way of knowing when they'll be available. Plus, a few benchmarks *would* be nice.

 

Hey guys I need info on mobile GPUs. Which one is better overall?
9800 GTX 1GB or Dual 3870 (512MB) in Crossfire (1GB total)

I know the 3870s are better than the 9800 gtx in terms of performance but I've heard that crossfire can be troublesome. What is the fps difference between the two?
I think the 9800 GTX is better for battery life but the laptop it's in has an 8-cell battery whereas the laptop with the crossfire setup has a 12-cell battery.

(Do you recommend Sager NP5797 or OCX force extreme 840 aka. alienware m17?)
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=340172

Haven't gotten good responses from the other thread.

 

Get neither. Wait for the new ATi cards. This is the only correct course of action. Do not attempt to debate this infallible logic.

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=4373463#post4373463

that is the answer.

 

1. I've already seen all other posts and they don't answer my questions; that is the reason I am reposting.

2. How much would I have to wait for the 4870 and how much will they cost above the 3870?

 

Probably until March of this year. Not sure about the pricing, but hopefully it won't be ridiculously overpriced like the 9800M GTX.

 

You can't wait. If you wait, you'll end up waiting forever. If the the 4000 ATi series comes out in March, in holiday season you'll have something else. And so on, and so on.

Just get something that's good TODAY, and get it over with.

There has NEVER been a giant leap in graphics from generation to generation, something that in 3 months will run 10x better.

 

Well the question is if he CAN wait. If he can, then he should since there will always be something better in the future. No point in buying now if you don't need it now(unless there's really some evil killer deal now).

The HD4xxx series GPUs should be out really soon. MSI already has their notebook models containing them out(just awaiting market release) and it'll probably be up and running in the next month or so.

To answer your question, the performance will really depend on the game. Not all games are SLI/Crossfire optimized therefore they won't make proper use of it(such as some games still aren't properly optimized for multi-CPU and therefore don't make proper use of it).

If I had to pick solely based on the performance though, I'd get the HD3870 Crossfire machine. In games where it does work properly, it shows as much as 50% increase in performance over the 9800M GTX which can translate in 15+FPS in some cases.

 

Yeah it's only a month and a half at this point. A wait within the same quarter isn't the same as waiting for a whole new generation.

Now waiting for the GT2xxM Nvidia cards in Q3/Q4, that would be something to caution.

 

I would choose the single 9800M GTX due to lower power consumption/heat than an SLI setup and lack of SLI support in many games