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4870x2 would be my choice if I had that kinda budget.
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g/card(s) for a £2k gaming rig
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well, no seek times,no moving parts but write times are much slower than conventional hardrives, + the price per gigabyte is awful, get a velociraptor instead
Why would you choose 2x 512MB 4870's over a single 2GB 4870 X2?
becuase 2 x 4870 in crossfire is probably faster than a single 4870x2.
pls dont eat me if im wrong cos i havnt looked at the benchies yet.
1 thinks for sure it would look better
becuase 2 x 4870 in crossfire is probably faster than a single 4870x2.
pls dont eat me if im wrong cos i havnt looked at the benchies yet.
1 thinks for sure it would look better
More expensive, same speed or slower in 99% of things, less efficient.
ZOMG HE DOESNT LIKE ATi
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lol, you could get a 790i, 4gb ram, a q9550, 2 gtx 280s and watercool the lot!
Have to seen those start up time comparisons on YouTube rodders?
...They're so out of my budget too
Considering how much NV's latest motherboards suck in comparison to an Intel X48 that's probably not the best idea.
I was under the impression that the 790i was really rather good
I was under the impression that the 790i was really rather good
It is, nForce 6 was the one that people didn't like (although I'm using one personally and its really good)
I was under the impression that the 790i was really rather good
It's open to serious debate...
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Both boards are good boards I personally prefer the 790i more. But the X48 is just as good and especially if you like multi gpu gaming with either crossfire or SLI respectively. But the 790i has high inital setup costs compared to the intel based chipset equivalents.
The cost of DDR 3 ram for a start although things have improved since they were first released. I always felt that when using the 790i board it "felt faster" than say when I ran either the same dual core and quad core chips on my X48. I am not saying it is 100% but things always felt more responsive whether in windows or playing games. It could be very much well be a placebo effect
The cost of DDR 3 ram for a start although things have improved since they were first released. I always felt that when using the 790i board it "felt faster" than say when I ran either the same dual core and quad core chips on my X48. I am not saying it is 100% but things always felt more responsive whether in windows or playing games. It could be very much well be a placebo effect
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lol!One X48 and one 4870 X2... why do you need two of them... just for bragging rights? Because not only does a single card handle anything out at the moment, but dual cards will be so horribly CPU limited as to make them completely uneconomical. It all depends whether you're buying the PC for practical purposes... or just getting an unecessarily extreme rig just for the sake of it.
does the same apply for lower resolutions? 1280x1024 or 1680 x 1050?
