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Think i my of been scammed

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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....
 
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?
 
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
 
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.
 
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
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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