5870 vs 2 8800's

[Hivetyrant]

I should add that I recently went from two 8800GTX's to two 5870's and the performance increase wasn't just noticable, it $@$ all over my old system.

Worth every cent from what I ahve seen (though I did also upgrade the rest of the PC, but my CPU on my last machine wasn't maxxed)

I think the key point for you (Possibly) is that the performance benchmarks are generally for single screen, demo benchmarks.
The best part about the ATI cards over hte older 7/8XXX series is that:
A) You can run 3 screens off one card
and
B) When you do run multiple screens, they have a much easier time rendering on seperate screens.

I noticed my 8800's struggled as soon as I tried running 3D apps on different screens, it worked, but it wasn't great.

My new pc runs my 6 toons in dalaran at about 40fps with average settings and I couldn't be happier.




Except for the drivers, having moved away from ATI years ago due to the stupid catalyst control center I was hoping it had gotten better.... It hasn't.... so expect a bit of pain in the beginning...

[alcattle]

I should add that I recently went from two 8800GTX's to two 5870's and the performance increase wasn't just noticable, it $@$ all over my old system.

Worth every cent from what I ahve seen (though I did also upgrade the rest of the PC, but my CPU on my last machine wasn't maxxed)

I think the key point for you (Possibly) is that the performance benchmarks are generally for single screen, demo benchmarks.
The best part about the ATI cards over hte older 7/8XXX series is that:
A) You can run 3 screens off one card
and
B) When you do run multiple screens, they have a much easier time rendering on seperate screens.

I noticed my 8800's struggled as soon as I tried running 3D apps on different screens, it worked, but it wasn't great.

My new pc runs my 6 toons in dalaran at about 40fps with average settings and I couldn't be happier.




Except for the drivers, having moved away from ATI years ago due to the stupid catalyst control center I was hoping it had gotten better.... It hasn't.... so expect a bit of pain in the beginning...

What software are you using to get both cards working (asume they are each handling different toons) I heard Win 7 and or IS will control the graphics correctly but no one has ever said for sure.

[Lax]

What software are you using to get both cards working (asume they are each handling different toons) I heard Win 7 and or IS will control the graphics correctly but no one has ever said for sure.

http://isboxer.com/index.php/guides/...le-video-cards