Give me some input as I would like to start consolidating my gpu's and only use the x2's for benching purposes. However, worthwhile to get a gtx285 single gpu for gaming only? What kinda frames do you guys get with 1920x1200 and 8 to 16xAA?
260 OC'ed gives a a bone stock 280 a run for it's money (meaning it beats it) and a 280 is exactly a 285 except the 285 is built on the 55nm die so it allows slightly higher clock.
The 285 is at best only 8-10% better performance but for a lot more considering you could get a 260 SLI setup and FTW all!
Yeah, aside from power consumption a 4870X2 is just fine for that res and gaming.
The 285 will use less power (about 100W less) but less performance as well.
Its a great card, and while its only 8 - 10% faster than a 280, it does that with 30W less power while running much cooler (70c or less full load gaming on stock HSF).
personally, I would not bother changing your current setup. Just run a single 4870X2 for gaming and both for benching.
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