new cards needed

[snakegb]

Hi all,

I have at the moment 2x GTX280 Sli running 3 x 24" monitors at 1680 res,
My Mb will take sli/crossfire
my 280's are on air and overheating

What to do?

Shall i by 2 new cards and sli/crossfire
if so what need something better but money is an issue can only scrap togethier about £300

 

[varkanoid]

for crossfire

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-099-MS
possibly bit better performance

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-247-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341
if you can stretch to it

or perhaps a single ATI 6970

 

[snakegb]

I was looking at http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-002-VX&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866 a
VTX3D ATI Radeon HD 6870 X2 Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [VX6870X2 2GBD5-2DHG

but not sure if 2x single gpu 6870 cossfire would be faster

need it to run 3 x 24" monitors running games mainly like wow 5040x1050

 

[Masterdeadly]

5040X1050 resolution with that card will be painful to play on 30fps max.

 

[mickyflinn]

not sure if 2x single gpu 6870 cossfire would be faster

It wont be faster but it might be cheaper.

 

[snakegb]

for crossfire

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-099-MS
possibly bit better performance

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-247-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341
if you can stretch to it

or perhaps a single ATI 6970

Ok If I go for the 2 560's that will handle the 5040 res

 

[snakegb]

Nice one ive just ordered 2x 560Ti for a cool £335 thanks for the advice all