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Predator

Predator

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I've got an HIS 3870X2 and can't decide whether to add an additional 3870XT or sell the X2 and get something like a 9800GX2.

I run a 24" Dell TFT, so always game at 1920x1200, and to be honest the X2 which replaced 2 2900Pro's wasn't really any improvement whatsoever.

The graphics market is getting more and more of a nightmare to choose which way to go and unfortunately becuase I have an Asus Maximus Extreme, I can either go XFire or choose one HUGE card.

Suggestions and feedback greatly appreciated.
 
marscay said:
if you're not happy with the performance i'd be tempted to sell it whilst it will still get a price, it will take a hammering over the next 4-8 weeks.

adding a third won't increase you're returns as much as the next gen cards will and you'll take a big dump financially in the process.

btw what were you thinking anyway, the X2 was never an upgrade for 2900 in crossfire.
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The 2900 Pro's ran hot and used up a lot of power. My intention was to run dual X2's but seeing as the drivers have never improved, its seemed pointless so far
 
tbh I just want to be able to game smoothly at 1920x1200 will everything turned on. Is that too much to ask for? Apparently yes
 
Well I tend to play a lot of Company of Heroes and even that can realy struggle sometimes. COD4 isn't too bad and ofcourse Crisis plays as good as most.

With DDR3 1600 RAM and a Q6600 running at 3.6Ghz, you'd kind of think with a decent card it wouldn't be a problem. Serves me right for going for a 24" TFT I guess!
 
The GX2 sounds an excellent card mate and gets great reviews, however I had a good think about this last night and thought.....

Well I bought the X2 for £300 a couple of months ago and I'd be lucky to get anywhere near £200 for it second hand. For £112, I can get a 3870XT which will certainl make a considerable difference to performance and when it comes to getting rid of that, I won't have lost as much cash.

Probably a mad way of looking at it, but do I NEED the latest when these cards only a couple of months ago were supposed to be the best thing ever. PC's are one of the biggest money pits going and you can bet that in 6 months time, the cards that are about to be released will be classed as old and slow;)

Anyway, you can prob guess from this, that I took the plunge this morning and ordered my XT. Hopefully it should last me 12 months with the X2 combined!
 
so you're saying sell now, be without a grfx card for a couple of weeks and then assume that the new ones will be substantially better and less than £300 to get something twice as quick as my X2?

I've read the CPC article and always respect their reviews, which was infact one of the catalysts in reviewing my existing setup. But you have to understand, to loose over £100 by selling my card now and then forking out again on something we know nothing about yet, is semi barking.

Btw, here's an article from Anatech, which again is supposed to be a reliable source.
Tri-xfire doesn't come out too bad.

http://http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3256&p=6
 
havoc08 said:
just add another hd3870x2 for instant gaming beauty i play at that ;)res with all game maxed out .there isint really a game out there that can really test theses cards maybe crysis full everything on very high and maybe farcry 2.i will be skipping the next gen card intill theres a games to say you need to upgrade.
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I hear you.

Just couldn't stretch myself the extra. But as Matt100 said, there should be a nice array of X2's going cheap over the coming months, so who knows what the future brings!
 
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