Crossfire 4870, or upgrade?

[fross]

Hi all,

I have a Gainward 512M 4870 golden sample card, that's running nice and happily. I think it may be time to throw some more money at my system though, so I have two questions.

a) can I crossfire any two cards together? e.g. I can't find the 512M version of the same card around anywhere, could I use a different 4870? A 4890? Would I lose performance from pairing it with a slower 4870 (ie would it clock to the lower of the two)

b) Should I go down the crossfire route, or should I ditch it and go for a 4890 or an nVidia one (I've lost who is ahead again). I'm after bang for buck really, on top of my existing system.

Thanks in advance guys,

 

[MrMoses]

Just dont pair it with a Card that has 1Gb Memmory, because both cards will then run at 512Mb!


and you will be wasting the 1GB cards 512mb in crossfire X

 

[Big.Wayne]

I have a Gainward 512M 4870 golden sample card, that's running nice and happily.

/end thread!

unless you have money literally burning a hole in your pocket then I'd be tempted to put up with just a golden sample HD4870 512MB until the new cards from ATI come out . . .

 

[fross]

You're probably right, Big.Wayne, though Warhammer could run a bit faster at times Suspect that's their servers instead of my graphics card though...

Thanks for the tip about the 1G cards, I may wait til the next generation and sell/part-exchange my 4870