A new technology from AMD camp will soon hit the gaming rigs which will allow multi-GPU setups. The Crossfire X supports two, three or four GPUs on an appropriate motherboard with a special Catalyst driver installed. Hexus played with different GPU setups -- a single Radeon HD 3870, Radeon HD 3870 X2, single-GPU 3870 X2, and finally, with two 3870 X2s. They benchmarked five games at 1,920x1,200 and 2,560x1,600 with high degrees of image quality, to put the onus on the graphics sub-system rather than the CPU.

The site reports, "it's difficult to give firm buying advice with such a nascent technology. What we can say for now is that CrossFireX opens up new, flexible avenues for potential upgrades in the HD 3800-series family." Sounds good enough to me.

[Via Hexus]