While I was testing, I made the graphs as the results came through but I didn't really notice the performance numbers until I was writing about the scores. The Crossfire setup really kicks butt. But the best thing? It's consistent. What helps Crossfire is the fact that the P35 is such a fantastic board and only currently supports Crossfire as a multi-card solution. So if you want an excellent motherboard that is going to give your CPU huge overclocks, along with the graphics performance to go with it, Crossfire is the only solution. When compared to Nvidia's SLI arrangement, Crossfire generally manages to scale better as well, everything saw a performance increase and at 2560 x 1600 there were some pretty significant ones.

While the Ultra is not a heap of crap, to be brutally honest... it is not far from it! Huge price tags and a ridiculous price-to-performance ratio doesn't make the card that attractive. Throw in the fact that a large amount of people still feel more comfortable using their Intel CPU on an Intel chipset and you really see yourself looking at Crossfire as an enthusiast setup. I know we mentioned this the other week but the bottom line is that thanks to the ridiculous price tag of the 8800Ultra it makes the HD 2900 XT smell like roses.