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Is it worth going crossfire?

Predator

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Hi

I've recently upgraded my PC with the following spec

Asus M2R32-MVP
AMD 6000 @ 3.3Ghz
3GB GeIL PC6400C4
Antec Quattro 850W
Sapphire HD 2900Pro 1024MB (runs nicely at 831/1050)
Vista Premium

After noticing the price of the card has dropped another £15, I'm wondering if its worth adding a second?

I mainly play Company of Heroes on it at the mo, but want the PC to last another 2 years. The game itself still struggles a little with everything turned on max, which is almost gutting considering the new spec!

I'd appreciate your feedback on this one.

TIA
 
Thanks for the reply.

it plays ok in DX10, although the settings arn't quite running at max becuase it does lag a little here and there.

What you said about the 2900 being limited is something thats been hanging on my mind and would be a key consideration to buy another. It may be OTT right now, but I guess who knows what will happen in 6 months time, and as I stated, I want this PC to last me another 2 years like the previous did (opteron 144 @2.8 with Sli 7800GT's)
 
Thanks to all the replies, really appreciate it.

I'm running at 1680x1050 btw.

However, just decided what the hell and ordered a second card. Life's too short and all that. Plus I can do some more tinkering while I'm off work and get my 3Dmark score up:)
 
Greebo said:
Well, I don't blame you since that money was obviously burning a hole in your pocket ;)

Expect to see great improvements in every game......except COH of course ;)
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But with the new 7.10 drivers, they state up to an 80% performance improvment in CoH with Crossfire.
 
Greebo said:
Good point and they may will have fixed the COH problem.

On the other hand they could just mean a 80% improvement on the 0.8 fps increase over the single 2900xt which would give you a total increase over the single card of 1.44 fps :p
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Sounds like my last payrise.

Ohwell I'll let ya know what its like.

At the moment I get an average of 35fps in CoH with AA turned off, but "most" things on full
 
555BUK said:
Crossfire is for geeks who like playing with toys. It's not really practical unless you like benchmarking for a hobby. Most people would be better off buying a single GTX/ULTRA than two 2900's or GTS's. Single cards are more stable, provide better overclocking headroom and use less power.
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I agree. But when you realise that 10 days after buying the first card, there's no way back apart from buying another to match;) heh
 
TheRealDeal said:
Well he bought a hd2900xt and wants more performance and thats what hes gonna get with another 2900 but not just more performance he will have more performance than a gtx or an ultra and without the hastle of trying to sell his 2900 on. Also he has the 1gb pro so memory won't be an issue for a long time to come also not a bad upgrade if you ask me.
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Its a Pro, but with the 1GB mem, means I can overclock more.

End of the day if there was one right way of doing it, we'd be boring. However I do value everyone's feedback greatly and its really made an interesting thread!
 
second card came and it turns out that my brand new Asus M2R32-MVP has a dead "2nd PCI-e" slot as the card won't power up.

Swapped cards around to confirm they're ok.

Board is being RMA'd (thx OC) and I'm gonna replace it with an MSI K9A Platinum, which will hopefully arrive tomorrow!
 
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