First Radeon X1950 benchmark

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: Drayvn
I think it might have something to do with Quad for 4 cards being used, in an SLI configuration where its using SLI drivers and an SLI interconnect.

Yeah, it's like SLI means "multi GPU" so quad makes sense. And it's less confusing. And it sounds better that way then duel sli.

 

[ronnn]

Originally posted by: Wreckage
I will wait for real benchmarks.

We agree! :beer:

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: Overgloc
AMD Finest PR @ Work!!

You mean Nvidia??

 

[5150Joker]

Hmm these benchmarks look suspcious to me. I'll wait for Ratchet at R3D to do a review.

 

[tuteja1986]

Sold

Now to sell my X1900XTX crossfire :? ebay em and make enough to buy 2x X1950XTX

 

[5150Joker]

Originally posted by: rstrohkirch
"quad sli"

sli implies 2 cards

wouldn't quad sli imply a four "2 card" setup?

should it not be dual sli?

Yes but quad sounds bigger and bigger is better or something like that.

 

[xtreme26]

Originally posted by: rstrohkirch
"quad sli"

sli implies 2 cards

wouldn't quad sli imply a four "2 card" setup?

should it not be dual sli?

no because 1 of those 7950gx2's are classified as a sli card because it has 2 gpus. so 2+2=4

 

[BFG10K]

I think that fast RAM is going to have a big impact on performance.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
I think that fast RAM is going to have a big impact on performance.

We are going to find out soon.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster

Originally posted by: BFG10K
I think that fast RAM is going to have a big impact on performance.

We are going to find out soon.

It makes sense though, at those crazy high resolutions aren't all cards memory bandwith limited? 2ghz gddr4 should be just the trick for those crazy resolutions.

 

[TroubleM]

I didn't notice before that the crossfire configuration was running X3200 crossfire chipset for Conroe, which last I read, would significantly boost crossfire performance.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: rstrohkirch
"quad sli"

sli implies 2 cards

wouldn't quad sli imply a four "2 card" setup?

should it not be dual sli?

SLI = scalable link interface, not "2 cards". SLI = x number of GPUs linked together (the most common number being 2, obviously for cost reasons). Quad SLI = 4 GPUS linked together. It has nothing to do with the number of cards. You could have 4 GPUs on one card and it would be "quad SLI" because you're linking 4 GPUs together.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster

Originally posted by: BFG10K
I think that fast RAM is going to have a big impact on performance.

We are going to find out soon.

It makes sense though, at those crazy high resolutions aren't all cards memory bandwith limited? 2ghz gddr4 should be just the trick for those crazy resolutions.

Memory bandwidth is also useful for optional eyecandy situations, AA/AF, moreso the higher you go.

 

[dgevert]

Those numbers are bogus. I know guys on the HardForums with quad SLI setups are pulling much higher numbers than the 7950GX2 setup in those benches were pulling. Wait for real reviews; those numbers actually look more like the 7950s weren't operating in multi-GPU mode.

 

[Nightmare225]

So, what your saying is that might have been only ONE 7950GX2 going up against CF-X1950XTXs!?!?!?! Quite a showing for NVIDIA, actually...

 

[Ackmed]

Originally posted by: dgevert
Those numbers are bogus. I know guys on the HardForums with quad SLI setups are pulling much higher numbers than the 7950GX2 setup in those benches were pulling. Wait for real reviews; those numbers actually look more like the 7950s weren't operating in multi-GPU mode.

And there are people with 2 year old cards, pulling the same numbers. Different settings, different results. Common sense.

Not that I think these are 100% factual, but you get the idea.

 

[dgevert]

Originally posted by: Nightmare225
So, what your saying is that might have been only ONE 7950GX2 going up against CF-X1950XTXs!?!?!?! Quite a showing for NVIDIA, actually...

What I'm saying is that it looks almost like the 7950GX2 was operating with its second GPU disabled. Will GDDR4 and higher memory clocks give a speed boost? Sure. But one 7950GX2 is way faster than one X1900XTX (I have a 7950GX2 and I used to have an X1900XT oc'ed to X1900XTX levels) and quad SLI is much faster than 2x X1900XTX's. Anyone who believes that a simple bump in memory performance would allow the X1950XTX to demolish nVidia's current offering the way those benchmarks show is either a fan-boi or a moron.

The PR and benchmark is so poorly presented that it isn't even clear as to whether it's one X1950XTX vs. one 7950GX2, or Crossfire vs. Quad SLI...