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460 SLI not happening :(

Drex

Drex

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After readin up on what GPU to upgrade to i found the 460 SLI to be best performace/price wise but discovered my Motherboard is Xfire only (swear i read it was both when bought it) So im wondering about the next best option?


Is DX11 that important cos i could add another 4890 to the 1 i have for about £100?
 
DX11 really isn't a big deal.

Adding a 2nd 4890 would be a great upgrade.

Or if you wanted DX11, you could always go with CF 5850's (almost same price as SLI 460's).
 
Oh well im suprised to hear that, i was under the impression that 460's SLI were better i just wondered how much... def wasnt expectin them to be worse. lol thanks a lot for that info lads its helped a lot my head has been in bits for a few days deciding what to do, so my crossfire mobo aint a bad thing after all looks like ill go 5850 sli.

Cheers all.
 
Only thing you gotta consider is the price/performance aspect.

Sell your 4890 for about £70 or so.

That means 2 x 5850 will cost you about £330.


Or you could just buy another 4890 new for ~£115.


Or you could sell the 4890, and buy a single 5870, which will cost you about £200.


So a few choices open to you.
 
Single 5870 about £300 but know what u meant then im DX11 and always able to add a 5870 and go CF at a later date, but i know me by then DX12 will b out and ill want a DX12 card lol.

The 5870 is lookin favourite now uv put that thought in my mind cheers :)
 
cainer said:
Stock 460 < Stock 5850 < OC'd 460 < OC'd 5850 < Stock 5870 < Stock 480 < OC'd 5870 < OC'd 480 < Stock 5970 < OC'd 5970 < CF 5870 < SLI 480 < OC'd CF 5870 < OC'd SLI 480 ?

:p
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Stock 460 < Stock 5850 < Stock 470 < OC'd 460 < OC'd 5850 < 5870 < OC'd 470 < Stock 480 < OC'd 5870 < OC'd 480 < Stock 5970 < OC'd 5970 < CF 5870 < SLI 480 < OC'd CF 5870 < OC'd SLI 480 ?

;)
 
Ah they've gone back up to £300 I see, they were £275 the other day. Typical :D

Keep an eye out in the MM :D
 
RavenXXX2 said:
Stock 460 < Stock 5850 < Stock 470 < OC'd 460 < OC'd 5850 < 5870 < OC'd 470 < Stock 480 < OC'd 5870 < OC'd 480 < Stock 5970 < OC'd 5970 < CF 5870 < SLI 480 < OC'd CF 5870 < OC'd SLI 480 ?

;)
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yeah the 470's play there part :p , where do you think the SLI 470's would fall into that list? and also OC'd SLI 470's?
 
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cainer said:
yeah the 470's play there part :p , where do you think the SLI 470's would fall into that list? and also OC'd SLI 470's?
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Stock 460 < Stock 5850 < Stock 470 < OC'd 460 < OC'd 5850 < 5870 < OC'd 470 < Stock 480 < OC'd 5870 < OC'd 480 < Stock 5970 < Stock 470 SLI < OC'd 5970 < CF 5870 < SLI 480 < OC'd CF 5870 < OC'd 470 SLI < OC'd SLI 480

;)
 
RavenXXX2 said:
Stock 460 < Stock 5850 < Stock 470 < OC'd 460 < OC'd 5850 < 5870 < OC'd 470 < Stock 480 < OC'd 5870 < OC'd 480 < Stock 5970 < Stock 470 SLI < OC'd 5970 < CF 5870 < SLI 480 < OC'd CF 5870 < OC'd 470 SLI < OC'd SLI 480

;)
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tbh it would be handy to have a genuine list like this available of all gfx card variables with up-to-date prices for that set up for comparisons, would save a lot of 58** V's 470 Vs 5970 Vs tnt2 vs gforce2 Vs 480 quad sli Vs onboard voodoo type threads
 
If i deceide to get the 5870 and CF with another later will my cpu and memory (check sig) create a bottleneck?
 
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