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some say as long as it stays under 100C its ok, i like to keep any video card under 70C, as for the "4850" all cards are different, as all cards have different cooling devices. Whatcha got?
 
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Those have dual slot aftermarket coolers. It will definitely help with temperature, although by how much is anyone's guess.
 
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Not sure if that's actually worth the extra price. Since 4850s can be had for as low as $140 after mail in rebate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261027

It also comes with aftermarket heatsink. Looks like it won't perform as well as the other one, but should still provide better cooling than stock heatsink.

Besides, at $200 each, that makes $400 total. In term of value, it just doesn't cut it compared to a $280 9800gx2, which performs lower than dual 4850s, but not by much, for far less money.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133231
 
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That won't happen. The old 7900x2 went unsupported because support was dropped before the dual gpu is optimized. That's why performance is so inconsistent.

9800gx2 is already fully optimized a while back. You can't undo what's already done.

Also, what I meant from the last post wasn't to actually get the 9800gx2, but rather choose from either the cheaper 4850 cf and 9800gx2. The expensive 4850s, at that price, is a poor bargain.

9800gx2 blows air out of the case. 4850 does not. Although if you add extra case fans, it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
 
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At $350, it won't have as good performance/price ratio, but will outperform the $280 9800gx2 by a small amount.

If you buy one of those each: (mail in rebate is limited one per customer, so it has to be different brand)
$140 after mail in rebate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261027
$150 after mail in rebate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102770
Plus 2x$8 shipping, it's $306, compared to $280 for 9800gx2, which has free shipping and no mail in rebates.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133231
At that point the dual 4850 setup would be quite competitive.
 
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Lol, yeah, they take time, but usually they do come through. :p
It's a matter of personal preference.

If it's me, I'd just pick up a $280 9800gx2 plus $100 p45 motherboard, which perform just as well as x48, just no crossfire. Performance on the cheap.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128345

But since you want a $200+ x48 board, it seems like a waste to not crossfire.
 
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The PNY version comes with factory overclocking, and is also $10 cheaper. Seems like the better deal.
 
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Nvidia boards can't run crossfire, only sli. 700s Nvidia boards will not bottleneck graphics cards, buy may bottleneck cpu overclocking due to fsb limits. 780i runs at 1333mhz natively, and can reliably oc to 1600mhz. This is enough for high multiplier cpus like q6600 (9x) but not low multiplier cpus like q9300(7x). 1600 = 4x400 -> 9x400 = 3.6ghz -> 7x400 = 3.0ghz.
 
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