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(2) 3870s or 1 4870

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i have an ati radeon 3870 im thinking of purchasing one for crossfire but now since i saw the 4870s are released should i purchase another 3870 or sell my 3870 i already have and buy 4870? also at the moment im running 600watt ocz powersupply would i be able to run 2 3870s in crossfire or do i need to go ahead and get another powersupply? im getting ready for far cry 2 that the reason i wanted to get another 3870

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I'd say wait for Far Cry 2 to be released, then worry about getting a new graphics card. By then, you might be able to get two 4870s for the price of one now!

Reply to zipz0p

i would totally get the 4870. there are reviews online, but the one i trust is either here on toms or anandtech. here's a link

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341

they don't have 3870 in CF, but they do have the 3870x2 so that should be a good comparison. there are benches of all the popular games out right now, hope that helps...

don't worry, im in your boat too, i have a 3870x2 i'm trying to sell to friends or whoever, planning on getting a 4870x2 :)

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Reply to aznguy0028

To put it this way, 4870 beats the 3870X2 in almost all benchmarks. And two 3870s perform slightly worse than a 3870X2.
So, 4870 all the way.

Reply to doomturkey

The 4870 is faster, buying second 3870 is cheaper... The difference is not huge, but in games where the scaling is bad (there are guite a lot of them) single card is allways better choice.

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