CrossFire Versus SLI Scaling: Does AMD's FX Actually Favor GeForce?

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We've heard it said before that AMD's GPUs are more platform-dependent than Nvidia's. So, what happens when you drop a Radeon and a GeForce into an FX-8350-based system? Does AMD's CPU get in the way of its GPU running as well as it possibly could?

Results: 3DMark 11

We've seen 3DMark favor Nvidia's graphics cards and Intel's CPUs. So, we're adding these numbers for the folks who track results across multiple sites, but we're not using them in our overall performance evaluation.

3DMark's Extreme detail preset is constrained a little more by graphics performance, reducing Intel’s margin of victory.

Thomas Soderstrom
Thomas Soderstrom
Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.