Crossfire on p35 motherboard

Hi all. I just bought a powercolor hd 4870 1gb edition, that i am very pleased with. So i was thinking of getting one more and run it in crossfire on a p35-dq6. Is it worth the money or what do you guys think? Have read the FAQ about the p35 cards, and i know that you won`t get the best effect. Was thinking of getting a x48 motherboard, but now with the new X58 mb and cpus is it worth it, or should i just waight for x58?

My hardware is
Q6600
4 GB Ram
p3d-dq6 MB
Powrecolor 4870 1gb

Ps: please excuse my english. Not my first language

Hello and welcome to the forums mate
Yeah CROSSFIRing with a P35 chispet will give u a poor performance,but what resolution do u play @ ? u may not need the second HD 4870.

24" will be 1900 x 1200, so Crossfire will definetly help there, it starts actually "helping" at 1680 x 1050. Since your Q6600 is well more than good enough I think you should just go ahead and get an X48. You dont need one of the $300 ones either, DFI has quite a few good ones below $240, Gigabyte has one or two in that range as well.

Snag an X48, that extra 4870 (or 4850), and OC your proc to 3.0 or 3.2...whatever you want, and youll be good to go.

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All good options.

i have one of those dfi motherboards i paid $220 for my x48 and its been great so far...