XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 Quad SLI Versus ATI CrossFireX

3DMark 2006

3DMark 2006

3DMark 06 is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking and the latest version in the popular 3DMark series! 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, advanced SM2.0 graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to reliably measure next generation gaming performance today.

Default 3DMark06 settings were used for testing, so a resolution of 1280×1024 was used.

Benchmark Results: The GeForce 9800 GX2 Quad-SLI setup didn’t seem to like 3DMark2006 too much and turned in a score that was just 317 points higher than a single GeForce 9800 GX2. The ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 showed over a 1,000 point increase when moving from a single card to Quad-CrossFireX

Benchmark Results: The SM 2.0 and 3.0 scores show what we would expect other than the SM 2.0 decreased on the Quad-SLI setup.