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so whats the fastest card at present

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so whats the fastest card at present is it the...

GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3
or
Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 "Rampage GLH" 2048MB GDDR5...

im still running 2 ATI Radeon hd 2900 xt ddr 4 in crossfire and looking for upgrade now...
 
so is it really worth getting 2 Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 "Rampage with the price over £850.00
is there much performance increase running x4 gpu over x2 gpu...
is crossfire x any better than crossfire..
 
One 4870X2 should be enough for anyone...Just one of them will blow your old setup away. GTX 295 is fastest generally (but not by much and sometimes 2nd best at certain resolutions in certain games)... but not worth the extra money... save some money and buy one card as DX11 cards out later this year... depending on your monitor a 4870X2 might even be overkill...

Also TBH your other components would hold back a dual 4870X2 setup so really not worth it for you unles your gonna spend ££££££ on a new CPU, memory and mother board
 
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If thats the triple slot X2 then dont touch it. Just get a standard one. The cooler on the triple slot version is awful.
 
295 is the fastest, but go with the X2, it isn't too much slower and costs a lot less. Only go for the one though, 2 of them would be a waste of money and your system would definitely hold them back.
 
295 is the fastest, but go with the X2, it isn't too much slower and costs a lot less. Only go for the one though, 2 of them would be a waste of money and your system would definitely hold them back.

Dual dual-GPU cards is a bit of a false economy in my opinion because it costs a load from the outset plus, by the time games come out that require that power there will be cards out that are just as powerful for less than half the price you paid for the dual dual-GPU set up.
 
Dual dual-GPU cards is a bit of a false economy in my opinion because it costs a load from the outset plus, by the time games come out that require that power there will be cards out that are just as powerful for less than half the price you paid for the dual dual-GPU set up.

That really does depend on the res you play at.
1920x1200 & above with full candy & trying keep above 60fps minimum even with today's games takes more than a single GPU at times.

People should be allowed to have their cake & eat it.
 
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Also depends on your opinion on playable. I'm completely 'playable' in all the games I play at 1920x1200(and now 1920x1080) with a single 4870 512MB.

Now my playable isn't a rock solid 60fps, it depends on the game.

Something like the 4870X2, GTX 295 and 4870 1GB will just increase your framerates further :)
 
Go for the 295 if you really want the best of the best. Ignoring prices, its the fastest card at present.

+1

Personally I'd get the above purely because of the features accessible through the profiles, it gives you options to force rendering modes, use Physx etc, I just find the nvidia drivers more flexible, which I think is important with these multi-gpu setups.
 
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