Showdown: Radeon HD 3870 Crossfire vs. Radeon HD 3870 X2

“Performance between the two setups is quite close, but the X2 consistently manages to beat out the Crossfire solution. However, it looks like the original HD 3870 is going to take a bit of a price drop which is always a good thing.

So if you can get two HD 3870s for less than the X2, is that the route you should take? Yeah, probably; the performance difference between the two setups is minimal and if you’re able to get the CF solution cheaper than the X2 one it works out to be a better deal.”