powsmowl

The crossfire chip works as PCIe2 but the actual connection is PCIe 1.1

The Crossfire is definetly good, but if the 3850 as a PPU is going to be worth it...dunno. My suggestion would be try it, and if it doesnt work just send the 3850 back.

Hmm, 380W is definetly enough for that system. I know plenty of people (German forum) that run GTXs on Seasonic 380W PSUs with no problems.

Any case that will fit the GTX/Ultra will fit the X2

Yep, good for you guys I guess... Im still going 3870 CF unless a GDDR4 version of the X2 comes out.

Thats what I meant! Becuase of the shorter PCB no Watercooler or other Aftermarket cooler would fit it.

Nah mack, it may be better for people who will want stock cooling etc, but no aftermarket X2 coolers will fit that thing!

Cant wait to see your X2, Viper.

I dunno, but I was pretty sure the only review with the new drivers is the one @ andantech.

Well, Im pretty sure this card is going to be good, since Crossfire scales extremely well under DX10, and any game can be made to run CF with a little finesse. And if you read the review @ anandtech, they used the new beta driver, because of which the card was postponed by one week..and with that driver they pretty much beat the Ultra in every game, including Crysis!

No, it still is Crossfire. Games that do not support Crossfire will run worse on the X2 than on a single 3870.

Yeah, since Crossfire more or less works everywhere (Your game doesnt work? Just rename the .exe to any game known to work with CF), Its a great card! Much better than nVidias dual-PCB monster. Once the price sinks a bit, this will be an amazing deal. Im only going to get one if it comes out as a GDDR4 version, otherwise im going to stick with my plan of 2x 3870s.

Out of those two, Id get the 900, because the way you described your current case, if you slapped some lights onto it with a window, you would have a TT case. Other cases to look at would be the CoolerMaster Stacker (831 being my personal favorite) and the CoolerMaster Cosmos 1010.

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If you flashed them to the same bios first, then Id say yes.