Crossfire vs SLI

[Rayy]

which is better crossfire or sli?
could you guys tell me with reasons

 

[red1776]

Hi Rayy,
both crossfire and SLI are hugely dependent on driver support for their efficiency and function. ATI has the edge as they put out a new driver set each month. over the last year driver support has improved crossfire performance upwards of 30%.

 

[klepto12]

i think crossfire scales better in most games and like red said ati releases new drivers every month

 

[MetalX]

Both of them work fairly well in most cases, but some games have a tenancy to gain no performance or, in rare cases, lose performance (ahem, Crysis) when SLI is enabled. I do not know if Crossfire has the same issues, but I would imagine that it does with certain games because the technology is extremely dependent on driver support to ensure efficient use of multiple cards driving one monitor.

 

[klepto12]

lol ati drivers are imo a lot better than nvidia drivers since they are being worked on all the time and crossfire doesn't take a hit in crysis

 

[MetalX]

Does Crossfire support dual monitors? I haven't looked into it, but I suppose if it does then Crossfire is better than SLI in most cases.

 

[RiseorDie]

dont they preform better in thier own respective ways, but sli might win in most tests

 

[red1776]

dont they preform better in thier own respective ways, but sli might win in most tests

in a word, no. crossfire out performs SLI in every facet. driver support is superior and is even further exemplified in tri and quad card configurations.