4830 Crossfire

[Arthalen]

That's a nice price on the XFX 4830 card on OcUK at the moment, and was wondering if two of these is going to beat a 4870 1GB?

Any thoughts?

I currently only game at 1440x900 at the present but will soon be getting my 24" Dell

Most demanding games I play are probably Crysis:Warhead, Far Cry2, Fear2 and GRID.

 

[Arthalen]

Well, price Difference between 2x 4830 and 1x 4870 is very similar. And I definitlye want to upgrade my monitor in the future. So thinking, that the 4870 1GB option would be the best one to go for.

 

[Arthalen]

A single 512mb 4850 still handles 1920x1200 quite well, but there is the odd occasion where it flags a bit.

This makes me think that a Single 4870 1GB for 1920x1200 would be sufficient then, and not have to deal with Crossfire....