The debate between advocates of technology NVIDIA SLI and ATI CrossFireX continuing and the latest processor Intel Core i7 Bloomfield, they found a new problem. The point is that at the moment is the only platform (Core i7 + X58), which supports both technologies, so the results of any comparative testing as it objectively. But if you wait for the conclusion that SLI is better or CrossFireX "cooler", I think you will find disappointing. At least, so argues the famous portal XbitLabs.
According to Nordic Hardware, recently, the experts of this resource had a comparative test CrossFireX and SLI on a platform of Core i7. First, they installed two of its graphics card Radeon HD 4870 in CrossFireX configuration, and then conducted a comparative test with a similar system, with two cards GeForce 260 SLI.
To be honest, CrossFireX, SLI, and have shown their strengths and weaknesses. In short, in some games, CrossFireX better, but in other SLI, as the saying goes, "cooler". But in general we can say that the first does a little better, although a small advantage here. It should be noted that in recent years, AMD and ATI was able to significantly improve these technologies and, in some cases, performance scalability up to almost 90 per cent. Frankly, this is very pleased.
According to Nordic Hardware, recently, the experts of this resource had a comparative test CrossFireX and SLI on a platform of Core i7. First, they installed two of its graphics card Radeon HD 4870 in CrossFireX configuration, and then conducted a comparative test with a similar system, with two cards GeForce 260 SLI.
To be honest, CrossFireX, SLI, and have shown their strengths and weaknesses. In short, in some games, CrossFireX better, but in other SLI, as the saying goes, "cooler". But in general we can say that the first does a little better, although a small advantage here. It should be noted that in recent years, AMD and ATI was able to significantly improve these technologies and, in some cases, performance scalability up to almost 90 per cent. Frankly, this is very pleased.
