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X1900 Crossfire Edition or X1900 first?

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I'm looking to ugprade my PC, but would it be better future proofing to buy the host X1900 Crossfire card rather than the slave?
 
I suppose you could do it either way around if your going Crossfire eventually, if it were me though id get the mastercard first just in case further down the line its a bit harder to get hold of, and besides the mastercard works just as a normal card until its paired. :)
 
If rumours that the mastercards will drop in price then you could save yourself £100-120 by buying the standard X1900 now and then buying the master card when they have reach a more reasonable price.
 
D.P. said:
If rumours that the mastercards will drop in price then you could save yourself £100-120 by buying the standard X1900 now and then buying the master card when they have reach a more reasonable price.


This is my plan also - and waiting for the newer crossfire mobo's also ( more choice etc) hopefully by april or so there should be fabulous choice.
 
Well you can get a X1900XT Host for the same as a X1900XT-X slave. Reading into it, the XT-X isn't really worth it considering the XT can be bumped up.
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Yeah, but the mastercards are always going to be a bit more expensive than the slaves, the slaves will drop in price to. :)


I agree - however right now there seems to be a large premium on the master's especially which shouldnt be there in 6- 8 weeks hopefully
 
some really important info.... how true i dont know!

Planning Crossfire? You need to know this.

The observing ones among you immediately notice that there will be no XTX Crossfire card, this is correct. If you want to go Crossfire on the 1900 then that XT is the only solution you'll have. Mixing XTX and the Crossfire XT would not make sense as the XTX would drop down in speed to balance the XT performance. So if you want to go for Crossfire now or in the future then just stick with the X1900 XT.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/315/3/
 
surely though if you have a normal mobo now then better to get the non xfire edition card as that will work in any PCI-E mobo whereas the xfire edition card (master) only works in an xfire mobo or am I wrong?i.e. im asking a question here. :p
 
The master, as i understand it , is a standard pcie card so should work in all pcie mobo's as a solitary card. Only when pairing it up do you hav eto have a Xfire mobo as well
 
eliasuk98 said:
Planning Crossfire? You need to know this.

The observing ones among you immediately notice that there will be no XTX Crossfire card, this is correct. If you want to go Crossfire on the 1900 then that XT is the only solution you'll have. Mixing XTX and the Crossfire XT would not make sense as the XTX would drop down in speed to balance the XT performance. So if you want to go for Crossfire now or in the future then just stick with the X1900 XT.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/315/3/

Ahem.
 
FrankJH said:
The master, as i understand it , is a standard pcie card so should work in all pcie mobo's as a solitary card. Only when pairing it up do you hav eto have a Xfire mobo as well
Yes, true.

Also getting the X1900XT now may be the way to go & Crossfire master card later, as it is suggested the master card price will drop further than standard card prices over time.
 
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