Re:Beaten by Radeon (Score 1)

On average the quad-gpu Radeon solution is definitely quite a bit slower. Xbit used a rather bizarre assortment of games to reach those results. If you take a look at the two reviews from hardocp and pcperspective, the title of "fastest quad-gpu setup" goes to nVidia. This comes as no surprise given that nVidia dominates the single and dual gpu configurations of the same underlying technology (i.e. G92 is quite a bit faster than RV670).

From HardOCP.com's conclusion:

"Two Radeon HD 3870 X2 cards will cost you less than two GeForce 9800 GX2 cards. However, they will not provide a better experience, except perhaps in Call of Duty 4. Call of Duty 4 was the only game where CrossFireX really shined."

From PCPerspective.com's conclusion:

"It didn't win every gaming test hands down, but it did win enough to be called the top performing part available for those with an open budget."