Think i my of been scammed

Xigmatek · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:20

I did have my eye on the enermax galaxy . but just wondered if it was to much

Martini1991 · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:21

Xigmatek said:
I did have my eye on the enermax galaxy . but just wondered if it was to much

Don't get two 4870x2's..

Get the Corsair 650W and the one 4870x2.

eddie86 · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:21

@OP

You really shouldn't just buy stuff off ebay when you don't know for sure what you are buying. You said that your dad noticed that the card didn't say sapphire on it, maybe if you had asked him first, you would then have had time to check that it was ok. As it is you have been lucky which is good but learn from it for next time and do a bit of research.

Ask a bit of a daft question and people will find it funny but ask a bit of a daft question that is worded poorly and then appear not to read replies and I'm afraid people will get hacked off and start 'ripping' into you. Again, learn for next time....

Xigmatek · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:21

Martini1991 said:
My point was. If you don't know much, why just buy big when you haven't got much of an inkling into components themselves?

Thats what i was responding to

Martini1991 · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:22

Xigmatek said:
Thats what i was responding to

That comment wasn't made to you though? I'm justfying a point..

Respond to what you need to, don't be so aggressive.

Xigmatek · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:23

ok sorry when ive started to responded to a post theres more added and it seams am answering something else.

Xigmatek · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:26

ive learn for the next time. it will be reading reading reading. my mums found my bros old custom pc mags. so i will be doing some catching up. got the october version of custom pc so will be running through that. if i ad a 4870 1gb would my 4870x2 slow down to that ones speeds?

toon_mad · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:28

toys out of the pram, what next - arguing over who took the last biscuit out of the cookie jar.

for the second time close the thread, if the original poster needs to ask anything more specific/in detail i would advise he start a new thread in the corresponding forum.

get more direct help that way

enoughs enough man

Mr Paul · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:28

Seriously don't bother with tri-crossfirex or quad-crossfirex, it's not worth the 1 fps you'll get extra

Xigmatek · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:28

but i do like thew look of the corsair h50. but it a no no till am more knowledgeable.

Mr Paul · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:29

It's good, but expensive.

Martini1991 · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:30

Xigmatek said:
ive learn for the next time. it will be reading reading reading. my mums found my bros old custom pc mags. so i will be doing some catching up. got the october version of custom pc so will be running through that. if i ad a 4870 1gb would my 4870x2 slow down to that ones speeds?

Trifire's a sweet spot for ATI it'd seem..

But the 4870x2 is two 4870 GPU's on 1 PCB, so it's a dual card solution, and thus comes with some bugs like microstuttering. The speeds are all the same, unless the lane can only do 8x on Xfire, like a 790GX, which would bottleneck a 4870x2.

As an ex 4870x2 owner, just stick with the 4870x2.

I prefer single GPU solutions anyways.

Xigmatek · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:30

ok so i take it running two wont give me twice the performance only a % more.
i did notice when my dad plays grid theres a little jerk in the game play is that what microstuttering is

eddie86 · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:33

Xigmatek said:
ok so i take it running two wont give me twice the performance only a % more

Correct, dependant on how well those cards 'scale' , as in what % increase you get for adding the second card.

Martini1991 · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:33

It'll give you no where near twice the performance.

A 4870 crossfire with a 4870 is like 60-70+ increase, but after that it's pretty small.

eddie86 · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:36

Xigmatek said:
ok so i take it running two wont give me twice the performance only a % more.
i did notice when my dad plays grid theres a little jerk in the game play is that what microstuttering is

Hmm edited eh...

Microstuttering is a whole other argument to start up really. From what I have seen, it is when certain object textures in the display 'stutter' / flash/shake briefly and very quickly.

Rroff · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:42

Microstutter is when the variation in the delay between frame updates is large enough that you can actually feel it when playing. It can be manifest as actual jerkiness or a "rubber band" feel to the game.

Xigmatek · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:43

I added the last bit on

Martini1991 · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:43

Rroff said:
Microstutter is when the variation in the delay between frame updates is large enough that you can actually feel it when playing. It can be manifest as actual jerkiness or a "rubber band" feel to the game.

Since my change to 5870, I don't get the same inconsistency I used to have lol.

Rroff · 5 Oct 2009 at 20:51

And my take on adding multiple cards - the gain over a single card typically goes something like this:

2 cards = 60-70% increase on average
3 cards = 90-100% increase on average
4 cards = 110-120% increase on average

With 3 or 4 cards you also see an increase in the number of times multi GPU actually gives you worse performance - there are cases tho where you will actually see a 300-400% increase but its more the exception than the rule.