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Jakc

Jakc

Jakc

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You guys going to be open on the 23rd?

I have a 4870 and was wondering if it's worth putting a second one in or getting something from the 5 series?

Also, how's this set up for the price?

I'm not wanting to spend more so if you can save me the dolla then speak up!

Bit unsure on the ram and psu so thought I'd ask here first. :)
 
2x4870 should trump anything in the single GPU in the 5XXX series so far.

Everything looks good in that setup, the Motherboard has onboard GFX so as long as you're comfortable disabling it etc everything will be fine.
 
Alright then guys, cheers for that.

I doubt it'll be much trouble disabling the on board gfx; I presume it's done via the bios?

Oh and what about the 23rd?! I wanna go buy it then as I get paid then. :>
 
Depends really on the res. CrossFire is most effective at 1920x1200 or above but at that resolution you really need a 1GB frame buffer.
 
Is your first 4870 the 512 Mb version or is it the 1 Gb version? If it's then 512 Mb version then you might as well save some money and get a second 512 Mb rather than a 1 Gb card as the 1 Gb would only use 512 Mb of its G-RAM in crossfire.
 
It's the 1gb version, MSI in fact. Seems okay in most respects but I'm not overly impressed with the performance, hence the crossfire question. :)

Maybe I should save some pennies for a newer card then.
 
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