A little GPU advice plese :)

[nitram100]

Hey guys, i was hoping to buy a 5850 or 5870 soon, but i'm getting a bit sick of waiting and the increase in prices are annoying.

So i was thinking of adding a second 4830 to my system and crossfiring it with my existing sapphire 4830 to tide me over until the 5800 series become more readily available and cheaper.

Would this be a good move? I can get my second 4830 for £40 from a friend.

My CPU is a Phenom II 955 Black edition
Asus crosshair III
4gb of Corsair XMS3

My question is, will my frame rates improve that much in games like COD4, L4D2, Oblivion etc?

Thanks for any adivce!

 

[SfnX]

crossfire does work well for those games listed, cf 4830 will give you roughly 20-50 performance boost. nice of your m8 to give u 1 for 40.

 

[arc@css]

I'd say worth it for £40.

 

[antran]

+1 5850

 

[darren.head]

got to be worth £40 just to find out and have a play. Just make sure your psu is up to it!

 

[nitram100]

Thanks guys, i think i will go ahead with the second 4830 just to see if it works My PSU is a Hiper Type M 580W so i think i will be just about ok.