Help please

[leishman18]

My motherboard is a Abit IP35 Pro XE with 2 PCI express slots. However, I have discovered that one runs at X16 the other at X4.

My Powercolour ATI Radeon HD 4870X2 2048mb GDDR5 card has packed in and had been returned under warranty. As you will most probably know the HD4870x2 card is no longer available.

My question is should i accept 2 single 4890 boards as a replacement (obviously one will be in the X4 slot), or would i be better with an NVIDIA card?

Which NVIDIA card would give comparable results as the 2 single 4890's with on running as a slave in the X4 slot?

Thanks for your help.

 

[leishman18]

Must admit i was thinking of going down the GTX295 route. Depends on how much cash overclockers would be looking for?

 

[leishman18]

Would the 4850X2 card that overclockers have in stock be a better option than 2 single 4890's then?

 

[leishman18]

So 4850X2 or an Nvidia GTX285. Which would be quicker in my board?

 

[leishman18]

Overclockers currently have my 11 month old broken 4870X2 board so i will need to accept a replacement form their current stock though.