700w for just 2 GTX295 cards interesting, 3 9800GX2 cards pull around 700w from the wall, how much power does 3 of these things pull

Folding results would be nice to put in as CustomPC do now

sigh this sounds so much like a 9800GX2. anyone else wondering where a 4850X2 would fit in when the drivers come out?

Greetings!

Question:
If red colour bars indicate average FPS, what do the green and blue bars indicate? :D:p
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Do the HD4870 X2 and GTX 295 really hold practical appeal? I wondered this about the 8800 GTX/GTX+/Ultra, too. Powerhouse cards are just Concorde, aren't they - achievements for the sake of technological curiosity and enthusiasm. Anyone who spends £800 on their graphics solution alone needs a night-time visit from angry ninjas with sporks. Honestly. You can buy a car for that!

Originally Posted by xaser04
Looks an interesting card.

I wonder if ATI will enable sideport on the HD4870X2 now (rumoured to offer performance improvements).

Pricing is key though. Obivously you will still have some people who will buy it regardless, but if its significantly more than the HD4870X2 (£50+) then it will have a much harder time selling (especially given how late it is in comparison to the HD4870X2).

Word is ATI will NEVER enable sideport - it's a fantasy at this point. Check out aat and you'll se they have talked to their engineers. It's a big fat zero no go.
Better stick with preoven technology like CUDA and PhysX - and the PhysX is REALLY SUPER COOL - try the new free game Warmonger -

The power consumption numbers are very misleading. When reporting power consumption for a loaded video card you do just that, load the video card, not the entire system. Starting a game ends up with both the CPU and the GPU reaching the max, so the end results vary with whatever CPU was chosen. The reported results are thus useless.

The reason 700Watts is the minimum for 1 card is because there are so many junk power supplies out there, not because the card needs that kind of power.

Not very good reporting, not good at all.