5870 and 580 cf

[lanzarobbie]

Hi would this work ok, thinking of adding a 5870 and crossfiring with my 5850 for some 120hz gaming.

cheers


sorry about the mistake in the title

 

[old gamer]

Yes it will work, although probably cheaper to pick up another 5850 for xfire

 

[MeMeMeMe]

Yes it'll work, but you probably won't see better performance than if you got a 5850.

I remember some comparison articles which showed that mismatched cards in crossfire sometimes performed worse than if you had two of the weaker card. That's the worst case scenario. I can't remember how common that was though - maybe a 5850+5870 is on average better than a 5850x2.

 

[lanzarobbie]

thanks, think ill either get another 5850 or wait and just upgrade to a better card after bf3 is out.