4870 X2 + 4870

[L1qu1d]

Christmas is coming up. My friend already has a 4870 X2, I didn't see many reviews, but I needed opinions. Should I get my friends an extra 4870? Or is it just not worth it?

He plays @ 1920x1200, with q6600, 4 gigs of ram, not sure his mobo. PSU 850 watt.

 

[jeteryankees22]

What is it OC'd to? It noot be worth it to get it if he doesnt OC it. Anyway, take that money and send me a 4870 x2

 

[mark $]

Definitely not worth it, the performance increase declines rapidly after the first two in crossfire. He may see a few more fps, but the 4870 x2 should be giving him some pretty high results as is. Perhaps get him some more ram and a sound card?

 

[V3NOM]

err wouldnt the Q6600 bottleneck the single 4870X2 already?

 

[rags_20]

If your friend has DDR3 RAM, get him an ASUS P6T and an i7 920

 

[rags_20]

Or else get him a Q9650

 

[V3NOM]

and a good cooler.

 

[L1qu1d]

k the 4870 1 gig would only cost 250$ lol. I don't have cash for i7 W.e

I think i'll grab him some ram, and the stupid Razer barracuda

 

[Dekasav]

I want to be your friend!

 

[L1qu1d]

LOL!

You'd need to be a 20 year friend lol thats how long I've known him.

I just thought this card would push his system just enough for him to be able to play Crysis wars well, though Ati prob won't satisfy his needs.

I just thought of something what about a 32 gig or 64 gig SSD hard drive?

 

[radguy]

I don't think you'll find an ssd worth buying in the 250 buck range and yeah if his cpu isn't oced he is already bottlenecked. Does he have a blu ray rom drive or highend keyboard/mouse? A second monitor is always nice to have as well.

 

[L1qu1d]

hmmmm, I think the blue ray is actually a good idea

 

[Guest]

ew... second monitor? I could see how it *might* be useful... but i don't like the idea at all

SSD drives in the 200 $ range aren't good, unless you get like 2 or 3 really cheap ones (you can get some under a 100 dollars at tigerdirect, 64 gb too) and then raid 0 them

scaling in crysis is already awful so adding a third 4870 wouldn't help

If you really wanna be a friend, give him a steam gift certificate or something

theres only so much you can do with a computer before you wanna do what it was designed for... GAMES!!!!

 

[Homeboy2]

if you really wanna be a friend , forget the geeky computer gifts and get him a hooker.

 

[werxen]

err wouldnt the Q6600 bottleneck the single 4870X2 already?

no way...

 

[FrozenGpu]

if you really wanna be a friend , forget the geeky computer gifts and get him a hooker.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[dieseldre2k]

if you really wanna be a friend , forget the geeky computer gifts and get him a hooker.

now THIS guy has the right idea :lol:

 

[njalterio]

if you really wanna be a friend , forget the geeky computer gifts and get him a hooker.

+1

Games aren't a bad idea, or an SSD drive, maybe a processor upgrade (Q9550)

ATI won't fit his needs? Well I'm wondering what would then since you really can't get any better than a 4870X2.

 

[V3NOM]

lol triple quoted! i still reckon the Q6600 would bottleneck that config, as i7 tests have shown...

 

[FrozenGpu]

if you really wanna be a friend , forget the geeky computer gifts and get him a hooker.

Sorry I couldn't help it, I re-read it and just had to quote it again.

Anyways You might just want to buy him some games, hardware wise you are already pretty much in the area where you would need to spend quite a bit to get very little if any gains at all...

Like what Thogrom was saying, I hear Left 4 Dead is just the bees knees! :lol:

 

[L1qu1d]

I ended up getting him a K1ller Network card. l4d and Assasin's

 

[spathotan]

Killer network card? Lol.....wow...you know that thing is a scam right?

 

[L1qu1d]

yeah, but he's always wanted 1 and it does decrease some latency. Ofc not enough to justify the cost, but thats his prob. I kep the receipt incase he wants an exchange.

from some reviews I've seen though it does take some pressure off the CPU

 

[spathotan]

A $5 NIC card will do that Liquid, because youre not using the intergrated. A sound card will do the same thing over intergrated.

I mean its your money, $120-$210. I think a BRD drive and maybe a 1TB drive would have been a better value.

 

[L1qu1d]

he already has enough HD space BD the cheapest good drive is around 235$ here + tax.

I paid 125+ tax for the K1ller card.

The difference between a reg card and the K1ller is it has a CPU sub based on the card itself Its better than a 5$ card, just doesn't justify the cost

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTIzOSwzLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==