4 Way SLI

Waste of time using 4 cards.
The GPU power might scale, but you're effectively wasting 75% of the ram you paid so much for.
Why they don't just release multi-core gpu packages with a unified mem controller is beyond me.

ATI are b0ned unless the physics effects acceleration they're pushing on the R5xx works out...which I think it just might - based on a few logical assumptions on performance trade-offs.

My x800xl runs Quake4 and BF2 acceptably. I could give a toss about 64x Deco-sample FSAA and 48-tap-gangbang Anistrophic filtering at 3200x1800 res.

id love to see what kind of 3dmark scores they were getting with those 2 badboys. those cards cost about 800 each though, and optional external power source as far as i read about them before

SyxPak wrote:

A pure OpenGL benchmark is the only gauge.

the only guage for open gl preformance yeh

SyxPak wrote:

3Dmark nor DirectX are open. In-game average performance running repeatable demos or open benchmarks are the two far superior performance comparison methods.

You cannot quantify subjective performance in a single rating with so many background factors that are hardly ever mentioned.

3DMarks are meaningless, I buy hardware to play games and do work comfortably, not to run endless benchmarks for fleeting bragging rights. I'll run timedemos to get a rough indicator of any positive or negative effect a given bit of fiddling has on my system.

Takes a couple of steps back,does the wild coyote look before making a run for the door!!!!