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XFire 4770 vs 4850x2
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Well, the 4850x2 would be a lot faster than the 4770.
As far as I can tell, the HD 4770 is probably about as fast as my 8800 Ultra @ stock, the 4850x2 would be closer to 2x as fast most likely.
As far as I can tell, the HD 4770 is probably about as fast as my 8800 Ultra @ stock, the 4850x2 would be closer to 2x as fast most likely.
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the 4770CF are about as good as a 4890 i think...
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i think dual 4770's will beat a 4850x2...
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lol its a 4850x2 bro not a 4870x2..
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Ok, ok, fixed it... but what I said is true, even for 4870x2 !
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Thanks for the reply... I have a headache now ! Why not get 2 4850, since 4850 > 4770, and with some rebates, they're the same price !
How does XFire usually compare to X2 ?
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when comparing the same card ie. two 4850's in xfire VS one 4850x2
the two seperate cards win by a small margin but when you get a x2 you have room to add a 2nd one
i would go with the 4850x2
the two seperate cards win by a small margin but when you get a x2 you have room to add a 2nd one
i would go with the 4850x2
4850 only beats the 4770 by around 7% and uses quite a bit more power. You can easily oc the 4770 enough to beat the 4850 and it still runs cooler.
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Yeah, I've heard that dual or higher GPU systems can be a real headache. And as someone who likes to tinker, but doesn't want to have their gaming experience ruined by tinkering, I wouldn't want to run two cards. But its all your prerogative .
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Two HD 4770 in CF will give you the same performance as a GTX 280 while being cheaper and drawing less power on load.
The drawbacks of the HD 4770 is that it doesn't have a dual slot cooler, it has a smaller frame buffer (matters in GTA IV), and doesn't quite has enough bandwidth for high AA.
Also, there is still some games that do not support the CFX implementation (or no driver support from AMD).
The drawbacks of the HD 4770 is that it doesn't have a dual slot cooler, it has a smaller frame buffer (matters in GTA IV), and doesn't quite has enough bandwidth for high AA.
Also, there is still some games that do not support the CFX implementation (or no driver support from AMD).
I dont think many of you realized this, but stock clocks are underclocked on the 4770 (to avoid competition with the costlier 4850,ATi has asked AIB to hold OCed 4770's for a while) and it can readily outperform the 4850 when overclocked, running cooler. Thats why most etailers are getting rid of their stock of 4850's .
But there is a catch. 4770 is fit for 16x12 at max with AA. Any higher and the bandwidth will be a pain even with the memory running at the rated 1Ghz x4.
But there is a catch. 4770 is fit for 16x12 at max with AA. Any higher and the bandwidth will be a pain even with the memory running at the rated 1Ghz x4.
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I would definitely do dual 4770's, if only for the power and heat.
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well one high end gpu is abuot the same as 2 2 of those 4770's so no you havnt been getting "duped" lol
and i would rather get one higher end card even though it runs hotter ect ect ect because you will still have room for upgrade
if you get 2 4770's your stuck with 2 cards that are at the bottom of the chain which will make them harder to sell at a later date
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