[FIRINMYLAZERMAN]

Which setup would win in terms of raw gaming performance?

2 x ATI Radeon HD 3870X2 dual-GPU graphics cards in quad-CrossFire (512MB of video memory per GPU = 2GB)

**OR**

1 x ATI Radeon HD 4870X2 dual-GPU graphics card (1GB of video memory per GPU = 2GB)

 

[TwoCables]

I don't know, but the memory capacity isn't added up because it's shared between the cards. If it weren't shared, then the performance gain wouldn't be nearly as much.

 

[FIRINMYLAZERMAN]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TwoCables

I don't know, but the memory capacity isn't added up because it's shared between the cards. If it weren't shared, then the performance gain wouldn't be nearly as much.

Yeah, I realize that the memory isn't added up together like how I did it in that respect, but I just wrote that down so that people would understand that each GPU only has that much video memory. I realize that it's not combined.

 

[TwoCables]

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIRINMYLAZERMAN

Yeah, I realize that the memory isn't added up together like how I did it in that respect, but I just wrote that down so that people would understand that each GPU only has that much video memory. I realize that it's not combined.

Oh, ok cool.