[citation][nom]Chris Angelini[/nom]That last part is a bit ironic; anyone willing to spend $600 on graphics should be looking to an overclocked Core i7 to help balance it out.[/citation]
Chris, I ask you to stay neutral in your reviews. Toms is a reputable news and reviews source, unlike FOX, and it would be best if it stayed that way. I understand you provided proof, but it's the way you said it.
I must ask, did you use a passive or active DP to DVI adaptor for the third display (because an active is needed for a third display on current 5870 cards)?
How many of these games run out of memory at 3x1920x1200 16xAF/AA at the lousy 1GB? I want a 2GB per gpu (or shared memory version with 1,200MHz GDDR5 with twice the bit bus depth). Crossfiring the 6xmDP 2GB card will likely be quite expensive.
Though you have to be fair in one sense. Furmark stresses the card way more than any game will, thus a hell of a lot more heat. Were you also running the fan at 100%?
Call up somebody to machine you a custom waterblock for this baby and put it in a 140.3/120.4 rad, independent of the CPU (the biggest that I could fit on my case I believe). That or dual 120.2/140.2 rads (one for each GPU). Then up the voltage until this baby starts smoking. =D
My 4870 already forces me to empty one of the 3.5" drives bays, this thing would occupy two slots and would force me to cut some metal (and put a HDD in a 5.25" bay). Size is an issue, but I guess it's nothing power tools can't fix.
Seems I may be able to run this on my measly 500W PSU (assuming no overclocking, remove 3 of 5 fans and remove 4 of 5 of my HDDs), though I guess I have a legitimate reason to consider a 1000 watt PSU.
I think $600 is more than a reasonable price for this. Now only if Samsung wold give us some 25", LED, 2560x1600, 120/240Hz, 10,000:1 (static) bezeless display port monitors at less than $2,000 each.
Great article as always Chris, thank you for wasting your time for us again. You have convinced a guy trying to save to go back to school to empty his wallet (again... thanks a lot, I could have boughten a cheap car by now if it weren't for you Chris).
Why'd I get a -1?