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2 5870 watercooled or 480gtx

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Hello there i currently have 2 x 5870 watercooled and use eyefinity.
my res is 6000x1200 i get 31k in 3d mark vantage.
would i see much increase in getting 2x 480gtx watercooled.
or would i be better keeping my 2x 5870 watercooled cards. thx in response.
 
Keep the 5870's and wait for the next gen NVidia/ATI cards.

At the moment Nvidia can't even get vision surround working on fermi so your monitors will be rendered useless for three screen gaming.
 
Keep the 5870's and wait for the next gen NVidia/ATI cards.

At the moment Nvidia can't even get vision surround working on fermi so your monitors will be rendered useless for three screen gaming.

thank u for that yeah just bought 3 hp ips monitors wouldnt be happy if i did the switch.
 
I was under the impression that the 480 is on par with the 5850?

The only way to upgrade then would be either triplefire 5870s or crossfire 5970s.
 
Keep the 5870's and wait for the next gen NVidia/ATI cards.

Do you know approx. when the 59704GB and 5990s are out from rumours?

At the moment Nvidia can't even get vision surround working on fermi so your monitors will be rendered useless for three screen gaming.

Thanks for letting us know about nvidia issues with multi-screen gaming, it's essential they get it right though if its just driver issues.
 
2x 5870 is easily enough power for 5760x1200 (unless ur a crysis junkie, but even then i bet u could play at least 8x AA as I can play it at 4xAA on 5040x1050).
 
But you probably don't run 5760x1200 resolution :p

lol no I run 3600x1920 :)

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Its a shame it wont do 4 :)
 
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