Having a bit of a muck about....

[wonderlust]

I recently bought a 2nd HD4670 for my 2nd HTPC (Sapphire HD4670 Ultimate passive cards) So I wondered how these two cards would perform in Crossfire :lol:

So I stripped one form each of my HTPCs and installed them into my sig rig. (Both HTPCs are P35 so would be PCI-E 16x + 4x and the sig rig is PCI-E 8x x2)

Here they are installed :-

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/teddyformandy/SDC10429-1.jpg

So I ran 3D mark06:-

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/teddyformandy/3dmark4670xfire.jpg

3D mark Vantage

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/teddyformandy/vantage4670xfiredefaultsettings.jpg

and Lost Planet 2:-

test A

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/teddyformandy/lostplanet2dx9xfired4670sa.jpg

test B

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/teddyformandy/lostplanet2dx9xfired4670sb.jpg

I find the results quite a disappointment, I thought they would perform a little better.

Anyway stuck my BFG GTX260OCX Maxcore back in and ran the same tests.

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/teddyformandy/SDC10434.jpg

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/teddyformandy/3dmarkgtx.jpg

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/teddyformandy/vantagegt260216ocxdefaultsettings.jpg

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/teddyformandy/lostplanet2dx9gtxa.jpg

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/teddyformandy/lostplanet2dx9gtxb.jpg

Think I will stick with my GTX for now and keep the HD4670s for media playback :lol:

[mac124]

Think I will stick with my GTX for now and keep the HD4670s for media playback :lol:

Sounds like a plan :D.

[coiler]

gtx 260, still a monster :D

great illustration of how SLI'd/xfiring two cheap cards generally doesn't beat the same single solution card cost wise.

They look very nice indeed in x fire anyhow :)

[wonderlust]

I had really thought that they would perform a lot better than they did...

yes the GTX260 is still a great card, and for my minimal gaming needs more than ample