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2x4850's or gtx 260
- Thread starter brwnfldl
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get the gtx260. you'll get more consistant performance. Crossfire can be hit or miss, depending on the program.. the 260 will just work.
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And latley ati has dropped the ball HUGE with crossfire drivers, I loved my 4850 CF and 4870 CF but the drivers just turned to poo poo
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Rattle, whoa...you swapped from 4850CF to 4870CF back to 260? how much money do you have? 
haha. i could hardly afford a 4850. 4850 CF owns a single 260 anyday (cept for games not supporting CF). but with your mobo, it's pretty much just the performance of 1 4850...and a little bit more.
it would also load your psu a lot more than a 260 would. and i'm not sure, but it may be bottlenecked by your cpu (need at least 4.0ghz)
haha. i could hardly afford a 4850. 4850 CF owns a single 260 anyday (cept for games not supporting CF). but with your mobo, it's pretty much just the performance of 1 4850...and a little bit more. it would also load your psu a lot more than a 260 would. and i'm not sure, but it may be bottlenecked by your cpu (need at least 4.0ghz)
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i wouldnt say owns, in somethings it is way faster though. they are great cards I just got sick of the driver issues. With that mobo consider a 4850x2 maybe if you want more firepower. really depends on what games you play.
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If you're talking SLI then Just get the gtx=295 and be done with it. single card solution. Or get the 285, and upgrade to SLI If you feel like you REALLY need it after playing with that for a while
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Aye.. the 295 is crazy expensive, but it's the bleeding edge. 260x2 should be plenty... tri-sli sounds nice.. but then you'd Deffinately need a new psu too. you MIGHT be able to run 2 with what you've got
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oops, missed the 'dual' part of the psu
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I'd also agree that the single 260 is probably a better way to go. You'll get as good or better performance over the 4850's with a single card. And I'd think the 4x slot wouldn't help things either.
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The 4x slot won't help alot giving you a nice drop in performance. So the GTX 260 would be the way to go in this situation. If you had at least a 2 8x ports the 4850s might be more ideal.
I'd have to agree with rattle though, the 4850's are great in CF, when the drivers play nicely. Since I've been having more issues with it I went with the GTX285, yes its a hit in performance but its also faster in some cases and easier to handle. If I need more I'll just buy another for SLI.
I'd have to agree with rattle though, the 4850's are great in CF, when the drivers play nicely. Since I've been having more issues with it I went with the GTX285, yes its a hit in performance but its also faster in some cases and easier to handle. If I need more I'll just buy another for SLI.
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I would recommend eVGA over the sparkel.. With the rebate it's cheaper, and you get the lifetime warranty EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail free ship, $30 MIR
Makes me wish I had waited a couple of days to order mine
Makes me wish I had waited a couple of days to order mine
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