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Great SLI scaling from 450

Lol looks like Techpowerup can't do maths on their own figures then :D

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The real figure is 82%
 
~£90 turns it into a star, much like the 460s

Anand reckons it is $40 cheaper than 768MB 460 so £90 is entirely reasonable
 
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Only question is then, what single card would better 450s in SLI for around £180-200 ? Obviously I'm thinking 5850, but why would you get 2 450s when a better single card is available?
 
RavenXXX2 said:
Figures, £100 450 would have been a no when the 460 was priced at £117. Still, would anyone take a 450 at £100, over a £130 460....
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If you're on a Scotsman budget say of £500 you might consider it then again I would also be looking at the HD5750 as well to save another £10.
 
Scougar said:
Only question is then, what single card would better 450s in SLI for around £180-200 ? Obviously I'm thinking 5850, but why would you get 2 450s when a better single card is available?
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TBH, the 450 is a bit to late when compared to the 5750/5770, at £100 is still seems expensive considering it gets out performed by a 5770 and is on par with a 5750, cards that are nearly a year old. Regarding 450 SLI at £200, I would just get a 460 and clock it or a 5850. AMD will be out with their 6*** cards soon and I'm sure the 6750/6770 will destroy a 450 for a little more outlay.
 
That's what I mean, not taking the enthuthiast aspect into account, SLI/Crossfire only make sense when:

A) You have a financial saving to make to get at least similar performance to a higher spec single card.
B) No other top end card exists so you get multiple cards to increase performance.
C) You need the additional outputs on the cards.
 
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Scougar said:
Only question is then, what single card would better 450s in SLI for around £180-200 ? Obviously I'm thinking 5850, but why would you get 2 450s when a better single card is available?
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Because there are mad, mad people out there! SLI/Crossfire lower end cards rarely make sense when bought all at once. If you got one and left the option open for s second some time down the line fair enough. But buying two slow cards for almost as much as a single, faster card without the multi card problems, thats a bit bonkers IMO. The same people who buy two of these for SLI will probably spend another £100 water-cooling them too ;)
 
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