DoctorMindstorm

Unfortunately that will probably be true lol.

Actually this is false. The 5870x2 Crossfire does beat the best Nvidia has to offer 480 SLI in many multi-gpu supported games.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...i_8.html#sect1

A lot of it depends on the game, resolution, and driver version.

ATI is notorious for releasing horrible drivers.

Catalyst 10.6 and 10.7 for example offer loads of problems and major drops in FPS for most consumers.

However 10.4 and 10.5 run fantastic for the most part and offer outstanding frame rates.

This is obvious when you compare Techbit's review where they're using ATI Catalyst 10.5 vs. Techspot's review where they are using ATI Catalyst 10.6.


Also the GTX 480 SLI's run at almost 400W *IDLE* that's twice that of 2x 5870 Crossfire cards. They also generate much more heat under full load.


There does tend to be a slight edge for users w/ 480SLI playing at 2560 x 1600, 8x AA, 16xAF but who wants to play games at 40 FPS or lower anyhow? When you get at that resolution you still have to turn off some bells and whistles or you're going to have average frames under 60 FPS which isn't for me.



480 SLI vs. Crossfire 5870 are very competitive with each other in terms of performance.

The key is making sure ATI owners do not run Catalyst drivers 10.6 or 10.7 - wait for 10.8.