4870x2

bazo6557 · 5 Jul 2010 at 20:13

I'm just after a bit of advise I have 4870x2 card and was wondering if I should get another 1 4870x2 which I can buy for £170 or am I better off putting me money towards a better card altogether

Phatzy · 5 Jul 2010 at 20:20

the 4870x2 is a stonking card keep it, or sell it to get a 5850

MiNxYyY · 5 Jul 2010 at 20:23

Why would someone sell a 4870x2 and go for a 5850?

Its not as fast as a 4870x2, ok it has dx11, but why anyone would downgrade just for dx11 is beyond me

Phatzy · 5 Jul 2010 at 20:27

its why i said keep the 4870x2, i said 5850 because he could overclock it, Only if he wants to.

{SAS}TB · 5 Jul 2010 at 20:30

What's the rest of your rig ?

I added another 4870x2 to my old q6600 rig and driver issues aside it gave very little noticeable difference apart from the heat and the noise - they needed an i7 rig to really shine

bazo6557 · 5 Jul 2010 at 20:30

I know its a good card but is it worth putting 2 together crossfire I suppose that would be quad core :-)

or upgrade

bazo6557 · 5 Jul 2010 at 20:35

I just put my rig in my sig but not sure if I done it right

Phatzy · 5 Jul 2010 at 20:58

quad-fire isnt worth it, it dosnt scale well other 3 gpus. leave your rig as it is then upgrade the gpu when the ATI 6xxx series are out. or nvidia's next offering.

Busa · 5 Jul 2010 at 21:03

MiNxYyY said:
Why would someone sell a 4870x2 and go for a 5850?

Er..dont know

MiNxYyY · 5 Jul 2010 at 21:33

bazo6557 said:
I just put my rig in my sig but not sure if I done it right

needs to be 4 lines max for your sig

just let you know before a mod tells you

bazo6557 · 5 Jul 2010 at 22:27

MiNxYyY said:
needs to be 4 lines max for your sig just let you know before a mod tells you

No problem thanks

Shakeel · 5 Jul 2010 at 22:33

keep the card. i regret selling mine

bazo6557 · 5 Jul 2010 at 22:45

I will keep it... the question is do I double it up to quad fire or not ? any views

Phatzy says no.. I don't know which way is best, I got no trouble with me card just always like most people trying for that bit more

arc@css · 5 Jul 2010 at 23:56

I'd say don't bother with quad fire, but tri fire I think would be worth a go. If you can find a second hand 4870 in good condition then why not. It won't cost that much. Might do it myself.

uv · 6 Jul 2010 at 13:03

arc@css said:
I'd say don't bother with quad fire, but tri fire I think would be worth a go. If you can find a second hand 4870 in good condition then why not. It won't cost that much. Might do it myself.

If you do this, make sure it's a 1GB 4870 though - a 512MB version would be a serious bottleneck with a 4870X2, as the lowest single GPU amount is mirrored onto the other cards.

bazo6557 · 6 Jul 2010 at 15:40

are you saying put 3 x 4870x2 in ?
I only have one.. I was going to buy a second didn't think about 3 and can you put 3 in on my board

RynceWynd · 6 Jul 2010 at 15:51

They were suggesting putting a normal 1GB 4870 in with you X2 not another X2 .

that would then be tri fire. (4870+4870X2)

which by all accounts scales well

arc@css · 6 Jul 2010 at 16:21

RynceWynd said:
They were suggesting putting a normal 1GB 4870 in with you X2 not another X2 .

that would then be tri fire. (4870+4870X2)

which by all accounts scales well

Yes, that's what I meant.

Three of those? I wouldn't have any hairs left on my legs, be like sitting next to a blowtorch. I already sweat after a long gaming session in this heat.

bazo6557 · 6 Jul 2010 at 18:05

Ah I see.. sorry guys I'm a bit of a noob hence the original question.
so 2 4870x2 is not as good

bazo6557 · 6 Jul 2010 at 18:07

arc@css said:
Yes, that's what I meant.

Three of those? I wouldn't have any hairs left on my legs, be like sitting next to a blowtorch. I already sweat after a long gaming session in this heat.

mine doesn't get over 50 when I put fan up to 50%