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Stay with the 4870 X2 or buy a GX2 and sli the system???

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so ur playing at 2560x1080?
well getting another 9800gx2 wont help to much because at that resolution the 9800gx2 doesnt perform well and quad sli doesnt work well (scales bad) and there is alot of issues i heard of in forums with 2 9800gx2.
i would just stick with the 4870x just sell ur old card or use it in another machine.
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i think the new driver might improve things but the 4870X2 still perform better then 9800GX2.

just a thing the physx and cuda MIGHT benefit alot from the second GX2 in the possible future.

1080i/p is 1920x1080. but if its a TV it might be lower the 1080i when connected to a PC. but if tis a pc monitor then its full hd.
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Wish I could afford that choice! :) 
I`d stick to the single Radeon, it lacks GPU Physx but support is limited and by the time games are using it widely we`ll all be looking for an upgrade anyway.
BTW, is n`t cuda a development tool?

well the software call badaboom is the 1st product from it it convert video very fast using Nvidia GPU BUT its not free and its not perfect.but i believe other thirdparty company will soon make software to work with CUDA. thats what Nvidia plan and want anyway.

if you said there are better upgrade THEN, so OP might as well stay with his GX2 i believe it will play everything well at 1920.no?

yes it will be 1920x1080, so I really don't think the ram will be a problem...but I dunno:p  I mean I can get another GX2 for around 300$:p  so I dunno either the GX2 for 300$ or the X2 for 500$...:S

getting one card rather than two is always better because then you won't run into the problem of a game not supporting multiple cards or not scaling well with more than one. plus one may be easier on the psu, and may generate less heat.

its one of those thing where you have a thing in your hand that can do the job you want well.but you just wanna have the new one because you wanted it and keep upto date.

sell the GX2 while it still worth something i guess.4870X2 is the most powerful card out now. there is no doubt about it.
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Either way you are gonna get the best performance. Hard decision to make , my quad sli runs sweet as , but I guess if you keep the 4870X2 you can crossfire it later

Actually, id take the Quad SLI!
they still slap most cards on the market today, crysis would benefit from 2x GX2's too.
If you really must sell it..... let old warcry know:) 

Well I bought another GX2, I kept the 4870 X2, and put it in the Secondary computer for now.

THe GX2 Quad scales really well, atleast witht he latest drivers!! I'm really shocked!

My vantage score doubled, and Crysis went up by 40%!!!:p 

Quad GX2s perform better than 1 4870 X2 thats for sure!!! So I'll wait for a CrossX motherboard before I put the 4870 X2 in my primary!:D 

im the same, i love buying new hardware all the time. its so exciting getting new hardware, even the unboxing process of a new gpu is fun :D 
I only have an 8800gtx, upgrading sometime next week. do you think the 9800gx2 is still a good option? all the spotlight is on the ati 4k series and the GT200 series i almost forgot about the 9.

lol don't be, I worked my ass off getting this money and have barely any left to spend for fun, the rest go to gas, car, and other things. Your in College, give it a couple of more years, and You'll be able to buy a million of these with your education:D 

1080p is 1920x1080
1200p is 1920x1200

p stands for progressive, meaning the frames are shown in one full pass
i is interlaced, meaning frames are shown with half the lines at one time[dont know how to explain it any better]

monitors have different aspect ratios i believe 16:10?
and tv's have 16:9?

i would stick with the 4870x2, cause 2x 9800gx2's shouldn't yield a great perfomance increase, but will increase your electrical bill....
i wouldn;t have gotten the 4870x2 in the first place, i think the 9800gx2 can get the job done

well the second GX2 only gave you 40% increase isnt good when you got theoratically 100% more in raw horsepower. maybe you can config them 1 GX2 go graphics and the 2nd GX2 do the physics but its sad Crysis dont do physics on GPU otherwise you should see much bigger gain since in the game there is alot/full of physics items.
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