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    Has anyone purchased the whitebook with a single gpu?

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by gerryf19, Dec 21, 2008.

  1. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    I know...I know...why would you?

    I am just curious how a single hd3870 stacks up against a single 9800m gts.

    From what little information I can find, a single ati is about 7-10 percent slower than a single 9800gts, but I have only seen on benchmark for the single ati card.
     
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    ichime Notebook Elder

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    much lower than that:

    Single 3870 + X9100 OC'd to 3.3ghz gets around 9100-9200 and I got 7328 on my system with the 2nd card removed.
     
    ichime, Dec 22, 2008
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    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    With that said. Do you think the extra 3870 is worth the 230 or how ever much depending on where you are getting it.
     
    dondadah88, Dec 22, 2008
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    mhooper1125 Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes, you should definaltey get the second card.
     
    mhooper1125, Dec 22, 2008
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    ichime Notebook Elder

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    ^ what he said. For $230, it's definitely worth it.
     
    ichime, Dec 22, 2008
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    You have to realize around 80%+ improvement in performance for $230
     
    mhooper1125, Dec 22, 2008
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    do you really think there is a 80% difference. i already have a t9400.
     
    dondadah88, Dec 22, 2008
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    ichime Notebook Elder

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    Well, in some games like FC2 and UT3, it's almost a 100% increase. It depends on the game, but overall, its around that figure, maybe less seeing that older games like Crysis don't fully make use of Multi-gpu configurations.
     
    ichime, Dec 23, 2008
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    Oh, ok. I see. then i guess i have to wait longer to get the whitebook. i didnt think that the crossfire made a big difference. maybe 40 percent max. average 20. Ive seen benchmarks but only with crossfire. so i said. knock a few points down and thats a single card.
     
    dondadah88, Dec 23, 2008
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    no reason not to have crossfire.. then you may as well be owning a 7811FX and pwning the OCZ :p
     
    E-wrecked, Dec 23, 2008
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    it would be majorly poopy to only have one, go big or go home :)
     
    narsnail, Dec 24, 2008
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