ati or nvidia

[jakspyder]

ok so at the moment i have a 5870 which is doing my just fine. however like many of you out there i want that little bit extra and also very soon i will be running 3 24" screens so im going to need that bit of extra muscle.

Now my question is, do I:

A) buy a 2nd 5870 crossfire them up and bobs your uncle?

or

B) Buy a GTX480, sell my old 5870 and get a 2nd 480 a little further down the line?

i really cant decide. i do want to change over to nvidia again quite a bit. wouldnt mind the folding ability of the 480s too. but the price is a fair amount and yeh im just not quite sure.

PSU cpu etc can all cope fine with either setup im just a tad unsure. what would be better in a dual card solution? especially with 3 24" screens?

appreciate the advice guys.

 

[jakspyder]

god damit i hate waiting. well in all honesty i cant buy till the end of the month anyways. and some more details should be out by then... fingers crossed.

any word out there of a GTX485?

 

[jakspyder]

hmmm interesting..

 

[jakspyder]

yup i would be very interested in seeing your 465 results.

 

[jakspyder]

is this in a similar vein to unlocking cores on the AMD X3s?

 

[jakspyder]

you put forward a compelling argument koolhandluke

 

[jakspyder]

well yes that was one of my big reasons for wanting to switch. TBH im a self confessed slight NV fanboy. dont get me wrong i love ATI too and have had some great ATI cards inc my 5870 which is brilliant but. through experience i have just come to much prefer my time with nvidia cards. i usually alternate nv ati nv ati etc etc. and yeh i just prefer nvidia.

apreciate the advice guys. will see how things are when iv got the coin