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What Card To SLI Or XFire??? 4850x2 vs. GTX 260 vs. GTX 280 vs. 4890?

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wick001   04-18-2009 at 05:50:30 AM

I am building a new rig, can't decide what would be the best option.

I am buying (2) of whatever card I decide to get to SLI or Crossfire. I don't want to pay top dollar for the 4870x2 or GTX 295.

What do you think?

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theAnimal   04-18-2009 at 05:57:39 AM
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What monitor resolution?

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theAnimal   04-18-2009 at 06:48:01 AM
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GTX260 216.

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Bluescreendeath   04-18-2009 at 06:50:53 AM
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Yeh, for that resolution, 2xGTX260 216 Sli or 2x4870 Xfire/4870x2
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wick001   04-18-2009 at 07:27:31 AM
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4850x2 in quadfire looks pretty tempting for $500

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tipmen   04-18-2009 at 07:57:48 AM
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Just go for the 2 GTX260 SLI or 4890 crossfire. If you have the need upgrade wait for this summer when they release better cards. Ati's 5800 or nvidia's 300 cards should be very promising.

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xblackjackx   04-18-2009 at 07:15:01 PM
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id go with tipmans suggestion. 4890s crossfired and overclocked to 1ghz(if you get a couple good ones) would make a hell of a machine. i contemplated selling my 295 for this option but the gain would be negligable.


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Bluescreendeath   04-18-2009 at 07:42:47 PM
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^ Quad fire scales poorly. Tri-Xfire/SLi is the max you should do.

ie. Get 1 4850x2 and Xfire that with a single 4850

Or Xfire 2 higher end GPUs

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SLI-FPS   11-21-2009 at 03:43:04 PM
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i go for the GTX 260 SLI for the 1920x1200 :bounce:

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