My question relies on getting a newer graphics card sence my old nVidia 8600 GTS aint really doing it for me anymore 
Id searched the web for all kind of information regarding card choice and so to say iv narrowed it down to some of the ATI 4870is.
My number one concern is im bottlenecking my preformence to much by getting to powerfull cards so id tought it would be an good idea to let some fresh eyes look upon my troubles.
My Rig:
- Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
- 4 GB DDR2 Rams
- ESC motherboard that supports Crossfire only
- enough cooling what so ever ( fan cooled )
- vista 32bit,
Primary use of my computer is without a doubt playing, and games such as Age of Conan and Far Cry 2 would be the ones im aiming for running smoothly.
Without a doubt my CPU would be a problem concerning bottlenecking and ofc the fact that my vista only deals with 3 out of 4 gb ram, but iv decided not to get a new OS before Win7 or so.
when it comes to the graphics cards I firstly decided to get a Radeon 4870 with 1gb ram, and then later on get an 2nd then to go crossfire, but all of a sudden im getting 2ndtoughts due to that fact that 4870x2 is a nice card aswell, not to say with the recent fuss about ATI reducing prices on their 4870 cards.
So to summerize, would 2 4870 1gb cards in crossfire be to much of a bottlenecking problem with my current rig or would a another graphics card make it all go better?
Id searched the web for all kind of information regarding card choice and so to say iv narrowed it down to some of the ATI 4870is.
My number one concern is im bottlenecking my preformence to much by getting to powerfull cards so id tought it would be an good idea to let some fresh eyes look upon my troubles.
My Rig:
- Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
- 4 GB DDR2 Rams
- ESC motherboard that supports Crossfire only
- enough cooling what so ever ( fan cooled )
- vista 32bit,
Primary use of my computer is without a doubt playing, and games such as Age of Conan and Far Cry 2 would be the ones im aiming for running smoothly.
Without a doubt my CPU would be a problem concerning bottlenecking and ofc the fact that my vista only deals with 3 out of 4 gb ram, but iv decided not to get a new OS before Win7 or so.
when it comes to the graphics cards I firstly decided to get a Radeon 4870 with 1gb ram, and then later on get an 2nd then to go crossfire, but all of a sudden im getting 2ndtoughts due to that fact that 4870x2 is a nice card aswell, not to say with the recent fuss about ATI reducing prices on their 4870 cards.
So to summerize, would 2 4870 1gb cards in crossfire be to much of a bottlenecking problem with my current rig or would a another graphics card make it all go better?
unfortuently im not really skilled in the art of clocking and wouldent start doing that without atleast some sort of knownledge,
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