XFire Question

[dante671]

Just built myself a new gaming PC and I am trying to decide whether it's worth getting another graphics card for XFire or not. The specs for my PC are as follows:

Motherboard: Asrock Extreme4 Z68
Processor: i7 Sandybridge 2600k
RAM: 16Gb Kingston HyperX Genesis
SSD: OCZ Agility 3 (60Gb)
Graphics Card: ATI 6950 Twin Frozr III http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-128-MS

I have tried searching online but there's surprisingly little info/explanation of the advantages/disadvantages of XFire, so hoping someone can give me some advantages/disadvantages of XFire?
And whether or not they think it's worth me getting another graphics card for XFire?

The main games I play are Rift and BattleField: Bad Company 2. I use a 50" plasma TV as my monitor, I think the resolution is currently set to 1920x1080 (or something close to that).

 

[dante671]

Ok thanks for the quick reply, I already have the single card and it runs everything on the highest settings with over 60 fps. I had just thought that since you need the exact same card to have XFire it may be worth investing in another.

I don't plan on building another new PC for at least 3-4 years, and I doubt I will need to upgrade any of the other components in order to run any new games that come out between now and then, so thought I might as well check if it was worth getting another. Is it better to just wait until the graphics card struggles with a new game, and then just buy a new card rather than XFire?

 

[dante671]

Thanks for your replies everyone, think I am going to just stick with the single card for now and then upgrade if and when required. Now that I know that the 6950's scale well it is an option for the future.