ATI HD 2900XT CrossFire: Intel 975X versus Intel P35

Android1 · May 17, 2007, 11:56 AM

Read on to find out which chipset has the better CrossFire performance!

Our interest and curiosity is right up there with others when it comes to seeing how well a new product performs before release along with what new features will be available. In fact, we sometimes wish that we could post our results in the forums to give our readers a first look at the product, only outlining the positive and negative aspects about our early experiences instead of just glowing marketing speak. Alas, the NDA gods will usually not allow it, although we are starting to see some wiggle room by the manufacturers in this area.

You might be wondering what any of this has to do with our article today but we find it to a be an excellent segue into our initial CrossFire test results with the new ATI HD 2900XT GPU and Intel P35 chipset. We are posting early results so you can have some additional information and/or alternate perspective before making a significant purchase decision. We also hope this answers questions we have received about CrossFire performance on the P35.

If you have decided like us to take a leap of faith in ordering a pair of ATI HD 2900XT cards for a CrossFire setup then the information that follows might be of interest to you. If not, it might still provide an example of what happens when a product is released to a different set of expectations. After going through our checklist which includes ensuring we had the proper OPEC friendly power supply and PCI Express 2.0 (8-pin) connectors, additional A/C cooling, noise canceling headphones, and a bevy of alpha and beta drivers, we decided it was time to see how these newly released cards perform in CrossFire for our upcoming P35 chipset article. Let's take a look at the early results and see who gets knocked out in the first round.

Source: AnandTech

whismerhill · May 17, 2007, 12:10 PM

stopped reading when I saw the hardly readable graphs

Android1 · May 17, 2007, 12:13 PM

I wonder why they did not use their excellent bar graphs for that article....

Dwarden · May 17, 2007, 07:23 PM

wish they compare it with DFI LanParty UT ICFX3200-T2R/G

yep that one with RD600 and SB600 ...

P35 still uses PCIe 16x + 4x for CrossFire ...
wonder if You able use these PCIe 1x if Crossfire used ...

so or so ... i bet it's inferior to RD600 in CF mode

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Android1 Radeon Polaris 20 XL Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Upper Midwest Posts: 10,149	ATI HD 2900XT CrossFire: Intel 975X versus Intel P35 Read on to find out which chipset has the better CrossFire performance! Our interest and curiosity is right up there with others when it comes to seeing how well a new product performs before release along with what new features will be available. In fact, we sometimes wish that we could post our results in the forums to give our readers a first look at the product, only outlining the positive and negative aspects about our early experiences instead of just glowing marketing speak. Alas, the NDA gods will usually not allow it, although we are starting to see some wiggle room by the manufacturers in this area. You might be wondering what any of this has to do with our article today but we find it to a be an excellent segue into our initial CrossFire test results with the new ATI HD 2900XT GPU and Intel P35 chipset. We are posting early results so you can have some additional information and/or alternate perspective before making a significant purchase decision. We also hope this answers questions we have received about CrossFire performance on the P35. If you have decided like us to take a leap of faith in ordering a pair of ATI HD 2900XT cards for a CrossFire setup then the information that follows might be of interest to you. If not, it might still provide an example of what happens when a product is released to a different set of expectations. After going through our checklist which includes ensuring we had the proper OPEC friendly power supply and PCI Express 2.0 (8-pin) connectors, additional A/C cooling, noise canceling headphones, and a bevy of alpha and beta drivers, we decided it was time to see how these newly released cards perform in CrossFire for our upcoming P35 chipset article. Let's take a look at the early results and see who gets knocked out in the first round. Source: AnandTech

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May 17, 2007, 12:10 PM	#2
whismerhill Radeon R700 Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: near Paris Posts: 985	stopped reading when I saw the hardly readable graphs __________________ Whismerhill Use rep wisely, Mods are watching us ;)

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May 17, 2007, 12:13 PM	#3
Android1 Radeon Polaris 20 XL Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Upper Midwest Posts: 10,149	I wonder why they did not use their excellent bar graphs for that article....

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