Count your beans: If it's a 15% improvement "over the dual cards" it is a decent improvement.

If it was only 15% improvement of a "single" card it would be lame.

For those of you that are bad at math and play the lottery - Simple math example to show 15% of a larger number is much bigger
15% of 10,000 = 1,500
15% of 20,000 = 3,000
now go eat another doughnut~~

umm, how about benchmark on stuff, you know, you can actually play?

like, umm, a...game!

Tyan S7025

http://www.tyan.com/product_board_detail.aspx?pid=641

Supermicro have one too.

I think your all gettin the wrong end of the author.

he was merely stating facts and even i am surprised from a third card making 15 %.

the author is not saying it is a good idea as he also mentions the risk of fire so the author is stating the findings. u f@ckin tits.

the prices of the 4890 went from about 230 to about 140 in a couple of months.

get real people the author is talking sense.

my only objection is the 4 cARDS AT A FULL X16 WHICH HARDWIRED YES this is correct but the links are adjusted to 4 x 8 links or 2 x 16 links.

So the author proves its a waste of money to add a third card but is pushing it as a good idea. Huh?

So you get a 15% boost going tri-fire versus buying a next gen card. The reasonble conclusion should have said to hold off and see what the next gen brings.

As the next gen could for all we know be 2x faster. It has happend a few times in graphics card history.

Just wait 2-4 freaking weeks adn then decide. Drive through come again.

that is all

"If I Buy..."

What in the world are you smoking, dear author? Even at "fire-sale" prices, buying a 3rd graphics card to get a measly extra 15% of performance is utter stupidity! How can you even recommend it?

Honestly, at least try to pretend like you don't swim in money and high-end components unlike us the average gamers :)

The Asus specs page for P6T7 WS lists only SLI, not Crossfire.

Sure is one heck of a board, but Pricewatch has it at $456!