Originally Posted by
Random_guy
Also I'm confused by your comments on xfire scaling. Eg crysis shows a 10fps gain from the 5870s over the 5850, whereas the x3 shows none. Are you saying that xfire scaling can be affected by cpu manufacturer?
I also wasn't aware that some games inherently favour one manufacturer over another to such an extent. I knew that you should take into account what games you play when choosing a gfx card, but didn't realise the same applied to cpus, so I've learnt that if nothing else!