ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 (R680) Pictured in CrossFire

[skier]

Looks like we won't be getting any 8-GPU goodness.

not in the next generation, both Manufacturers need a little bit of head room to upgrade in the future

[FeRaL]

how about this TRI 8800gtx vs Dual 3870x2?

or tri 8800gts vs dual 3870x2

That would be one hell of a match up. Of course, we would have to wait for drivers (Vista SLI/Crossfire X)to show up... Seems like these companies are have little trouble building these things, it's the actual tuning of them that they are not doing so well with... By that time though, they will probably already have the next generation of hardware out and be back to square one with the drivers...

[pupgo]

how do you keep it cool, mine pulls the heat form the bottom card up to the top one ,

[Apoptosis]

how do you keep it cool, mine pulls the heat form the bottom card up to the top one ,

Pretty much and SLI or CrossFire setup can do that... Not much you can do unless you want to water cool them.

[DX]

Or have the computer sit on its side with the cover off and a regular box fan blowing on it =)