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upgrading my gfx query.

Are you upgrading anything else?

What motherboard do you have? Most AMD motherboards aren't SLI compatible.

Your CPU might be a bit of a bottleneck.
 
Yeah this will be along a massive upgrade, pointing towards i5 2500k, 8gb of ram, z series mobo...but those will wait till I have all the funds as I know whats best for the money. My 460 now seems bottlenecked lol.

But I'm worried as the 480 does require a lot of power...
 
So what motherboard do you have then?

I know what can work when you've upgraded the motherboard and processor etc. but whatever you buy needs to work with what you've got now.

When you upgrade to Sandy Bridge it's easy enough to get an SLI/Crossfire compatible motherboard so all bases will be covered.
 
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But the 2 graphics cards won't be used on my current machine. I don't know my model of mobo, it wont support sli/crossfire as it has 1 pci-express slot. But I'm seeing benchmarks of 2x480 smashing 580 results. And par with 580 sli. I just hope it will run BF3 like a dream with the new set up
 
You can probably cross SLI'd GTX 480's off your list unless buying second hand.

All the cheap ones at OcUK are gone. The few remaining cards in stock are over £300.
 
So choices are:

GTX 480's second hand for £180 each, hot and power hungry, possible warranty issues.

GTX 570's new £250+ each, slightly less power hungry, similar performance to a GTX 480.

2GB HD 6950's new £200+ each, even less power hungry, a bit lower performance.

I suppose you pays your money and you makes your choice.
 
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