4870cf or 4870x2

right now i have two 4850s in cf at 1920x1200. although it is fine or more than fine for most games im experiencing some trouble with frames while playing RvR in WAR. im just wondering what would be the better solution if anyone knows, two 4870s in cf or a 4870x2? system specs are as follows...q9450 stock speeds, dfi lan party ut x48, 4gigs of muskin, pcpc750w, velociraptor300, antec1200.

I'd say those issues are going to be solved in the near future.

Remember that XFire as well in SLi are managed by profiles to get the most juice of your cards. I know that XFire runs at a certain "default" mode when there's no profile, but meh.

Don't panic yet, like you said, that set up is quite powerful right now. Just wait for a release/hot fix on the drivers and you'll be fine.

Esop!

dagger, what? lol... and you should do a mild OC on that q9450, you can prolly hit 3.0ghz without chaning voltages, which might actually yield the performance increase your looking for, and won't really change the lifespan of your processor, or add heat to it

Generally two 4870s cost more than a single 4870X2. Also the latter only takes up one slot and actually uses slightly less power along with having more RAM per core. On the other hand if you were going to go with two overclocked 4870s, such as the overclocked diamond ones, you mighnt get more performance with them in crossfire than a single 4870X2 since even it seems that a 4870X2 does not overclock that well. Even so that performance will pale in comparison to having two 4870X2s.

OC'ing that CPU is soooo easy. Go into BIOS -> Advanced settings ->PCIE Frequency to 100mhz ->FSB change to 400mhz ->ensure that ram is running in a 1:1 ratio (setting name varies by mobo) = 3.2ghz on that CPU. Most people I've seen can hit 3.2ghz on stock voltages so you shouldn't have to worry too much about it. I've gotten up to 3.3ghz on stock voltage and might have been able to go higher but I didn't have the time to push it and didn't see much of a performance increase. Just make sure you have a good heatsink to cool that puppy.

well i messed around with the bios and oc'd to a 3.2 with a 4x8, but when i load up core temp it reads it at first as a 3.2 then jumps down to a 2.4 with a 4x6. still bios reads it as a 3.2. confusing, i guess its my fault for going with a dfi board with no knowledge of overclocking. anyways im off topic in this forum so time to read up i guess. thank you again.