5870 or 5870x2?

[The Cobra]

Hi Folks,

Well, after reading all the updates the last few days and finding out that the NDA is being lifted up from the 5870x2. I am leaving the Nvidia camp and going back to ATI after a 7 year absence (Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB) I am moving from a GTX275 (SLI) to either a single 5870 or a 5870X2.

How does everyone feel about going from the 275 (SLI) to either a single card or the X2 solution?

Thx

 

[SpeedyVV]

I went from GTX280SLI to a single 5870.

Love the idle power and triple monitor support (I still cant use it, waiting for the DVI-DP dongle).

But definately not an speed upgrade. I actually think my GTX280SLI was faster most of the time.

I also really miss the GTX280 killer CUDA for transcoding.

 

[PrincessFrosty]

We dont yet know everything about the "X2 solution" which is rebranded to 5970, other than it doesn't use 5870 clockspeeds, it's closer to the speeds of a "5850x2" there is however rumours that this is because they've hit the rated power rating of a PCIE card (300W) but will allow users to overclock at their discretion. If that hits a sort of 5870x2 speed then might be great high performance choice. Especially if it comes in cheaper than 2 5870s which are sky high price wise and impossible to get right now.