

Radeon series GPU holds a slight edge in multi-monitor gaming




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Sources: AMD, Anandtech

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RE: Unimpressive due to power/heat
By Mitch101 on 6/22/2012 12:36:19 PM , Rating: 2
Ill throw in NOISE the Nvidia is 11.9dbs quieter and I really wish they had a Crossfire comparison. A very common config is two Radeon 6850's. Im not sure what the SLI common is on the NVIDIA side but I like to see those benchmarks in the review. Sometimes its cheaper to get two cards instead of one mamouth card and even be faster.

RE: Unimpressive due to power/heat
By bug77 on 6/22/2012 1:19:08 PM , Rating: 2
Considering that Crossfire and SLI combined have a market share of under 5%, I would say two Radeon 6850s is not that common.

RE: Unimpressive due to power/heat
By Mitch101 on 6/22/2012 2:09:46 PM , Rating: 2
5% is pretty good.

It would be more if people knew that dual mid range cards are faster than a single top end card.

RE: Unimpressive due to power/heat
By bug77 on 6/22/2012 6:59:24 PM , Rating: 2
I don't think so. Two card will always eat more power than a single, more powerful one (within the same generation, of course). If nothing else, because of the need for redundant memory. And then you have to worry about support for each title, micro stuttering and God knows what else. Whereas a single GPU just works.
There's always a reason when a technology fails in the market. This time, it's not the lack of marketing.

RE: Unimpressive due to power/heat
By Trisped on 6/22/2012 8:35:41 PM , Rating: 2
I think it would take more then just this knowledge.
Running dual cards requires much more power, a supporting Motherboard, and supporting software (unless things have changed in the last 5 years).

RE: Unimpressive due to power/heat
By Trisped on 6/22/2012 8:37:40 PM , Rating: 2
Hmm, seems Bug77 said it first and better.
I should have refreshed before I replied. :(

By silverblue on 6/25/2012 4:38:48 AM , Rating: 2
It's very unlikely that any third party supplier will use the stock AMD cooler for this. That in itself should make for quieter cards, though probably not down to 680 levels.

The cheapest method appears to be getting a stock 7970, adding a replacement cooler and overclocking the thing. You could end up with a cooler and quieter GHz Edition without having to pay the premium for it.

