1 4850 vs. 2 3870

[adreen]

I'm about to buy my comp...i mean I'm literally 5 mins away, but I need some help!
Here's the breakdown...
My first choice is 2 x 3870 in crossfire = $65 for each one after the $45 MIR = $130 for two
or
1 x 4850 = $190

anyone have benches handy? i looked but couldn't find good comparison.
THANK U!!!!

edit found this:
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1470/3/radeon_hd_4850_in_crossfire_at_4ghz/index.html
looks pretty freaking awesome.......for $65 each.

 

[adreen]

anyone?

 

[shaundwm]

4850> 3870x2 > 2x 3870
You should be able to find one cheaper then $190 tho...

 

[doomsdaydave11]

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You decide.

 

[adreen]

4850> 3870x2 > 2x 3870
You should be able to find one cheaper then $190 tho...

if u can find one cheaper than 190 in canada i'd really like to know where!!!!
so far no luck
newegg is like 149.99, US only :S

 

[darkguset]

HD4850 any day... the x2 and Crossfire configurations require the 3D application to support it. If not then the second GPU is a sitting duck and you will be getting much worse performance than a single HD4850. Besides the HD4850 will support Hardware Acceleration of video encoding applications in the next revision of the 8.12 Catalyst drivers. So if you are into any kind of video encoding this could be worthwhile, a little more futureproof and much faster in games.

 

[doomsdaydave11]

There's a canadian newegg too... newegg.ca
(newegg is down right now it seems.)

 

[adreen]

ya...but the canadian newegg is madddd expensive.
zzzzzz
no deals on 4850!