Phenom II 955 vs i7 920 vs Q9650 in GAMING

[Atomic Rooster]

Good info there worshipme. I need to quit thinking small I guess. It only makes sense that if you have the funds to run a dual card setup, you'll have a larger monitor to go along with them. Thanks for the linky.

 

[Russel1]

AR, nobody running an HD 4890 CF setup is going to be using a 19" panel. The only point in running such an expensive setup is if you have a big screen.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/gtx285sli-hd4890cf.html

I'm running two 4870s in crossfire at 1680 x 1050. I'm glad to see that it performs respectably compared to some of the higher end cards at that resolution.

 

[Doninator]

I would never make a decision based on a Tomshardware article. The have a bad reputation for a reason.

Just look at the test systems. WTF?

EDIT: They even used a 790X /facepalm.

Soo Tom's did a redo article on the 955 vs i7 check it out (this is a much more even keeled article I believe)

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/phenom-versus-i7,2360.html

 

[cranos666]

I don't think so. The 4890 Crossfire runs better at higher resolutions due to the fact that they have more memory bandwidth available to run at those resolutions. Now, compare them to a GTX 295 SLI setup and all bets are off.

lol u cant compare a sli configuration to a quad sli one

ps: gtx 295=dual gpu so gtx 295 sli= 4 gpus

 

[Holysky]

It's still a single card