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[Upid]

I'm thinking on buying a new gaming pc . I would play at 22" lcd.core i7 2.6 ghz processor and 8gb ddr3 ram. I've a choice of two hd 4850 x2 in crossfirex or one hd 4870 x2.anyone plz help me.i want to play the latest games with maximum setting.

 

[Jaysin]

I'm thinking on buying a new gaming pc . I would play at 22" lcd.core i7 2.6 ghz processor and 8gb ddr3 ram. I've a choice of two hd 4850 x2 in crossfirex or one hd 4870 x2.anyone plz help me.i want to play the latest games with maximum setting.

Honestly at that resolution you probably don't need either of those setups. I would go with the 4870x2 just for ease of use however as if you are going to deal with multiple GPUs you may as well get it all one card. Then down the road if you insist, you can add another HD 4870x2 for more performance.

 

[RazberyBandit]

If money is no object, the absolute best graphics performance available presently would be a Triple-SLI GTX 285 configuration. However, that level of performance would only be available in games that fully support/utilize SLI properly, as not all games do.

Since it seems you may be limited to two PCI-E slots, as it implies in the choices you outlined, your most powerful configuration would be using the 4870X2 along with another 4870 installed in the 2nd PCI-E slot, creating a Triple-Crossfire configuration. Triple-Crossfire is not something I have any personal experience with, so I cannot comment further on it's stability or support, though I have seen some people report problems with it.

If a triple-GPU solution would be too difficult a setup to maintain and troubleshoot in game titles, the final option would be a dual-GPU solution called the nVIDIA GTX 295. It's two GPUs in one card, like the 4870X2, so it would only use one PCI-E slot.

I should mention that all of these would be overkill for a 22" monitor and would require a very high-output power supply of 1000W or more.

Edit: A single 4870 would be sufficient for that resolution. I'd go with a 1GB version just in case you upgrade to a higher resolution monitor later.

 

[Upid]

My motherboard would be xfx x58i which supports both sli and crossfirex .it supports tri sli but i'm not sure about tri crossfirex configuration.one more thing , i heard that in 1650x1050 res with hd 4870 x2 games would be very cpu limited . Is that right ? I would have thermaltake 1000w psu.

 

[gkay09]

My motherboard would be xfx x58i which supports both sli and crossfirex .it supports tri sli but i'm not sure about tri crossfirex configuration.one more thing , i heard that in 1650x1050 res with hd 4870 x2 games would be very cpu limited . Is that right ? I would have thermaltake 1000w psu.

Well 1650X1050 resolution, 4870X2, 8GB DDR3 doesn't go well together...
Could you post more info on where you are planning to buy the parts, whether you will be assembling it or pre-built system, budget, any parts you have???
We could suggest better options...

 

[rags_20]

4870x2 should be fine. Why not 4870 CF? $135 each ASUS.
If you want 4850, checkout the ASUS Matrix that's been reviewed on Toms. Nice OC options.

 

[Upid]

I've just fixed these things in my mind for buying and now searching the net for any better opinion. Money is no problem for me . I would buy anything except 22" monitor because i don't like big screens.at first i thought that i would buy three gtx 295 but i thought about future especially about dx 10.1. So i'm going to ati.

 

[rags_20]

You can't use 3 GTX 295 in one computer (Dunno about PhysX). If money is not an issue, why not get the best? 4890 3CF?

 

[RazberyBandit]

While you could buy 3 GTX295's, only 2 of them could be used at once in an SLI configuration, as that's already a quad-GPU solution. The 295 is a 2-GPU-in-1-card solution.

 

[rags_20]

That's what I said. What I asked was if the 3rd one could be used for PhysX.

 

[4745454b]

i7, 8GBs, X2 video card, 22" LCD, sounds like a guy who has lots of money and no clue. (Later confirmed with the "Money is no problem for me . I would buy anything" comment") Nobody puts 8GBs with the i7, they use 6GBs due to the triple channel memory controller on the i7. As mentioned by Jaysin, all the options discussed so far are overkill for a 22" LCD. If you don't want to worry about any current game at that res, get the 4970. Even the 4870 1GB would be fine. We are talking about 1680x1050 or 1600x1200 here. This is not a huge resolution requiring CF or x2 cards. An i7 with 6GBs and a single 4970 might not be as sexy, but without wasting money its all you need for 1680x1050.

 

[RazberyBandit]

That's what I said. What I asked was if the 3rd one could be used for PhysX.

Damn rags... Trying to get under my skin or something? We didn't say quite the same thing, and look at the post times... we were replying at the same moment. LOL

Chill the F out dude!

 

[rags_20]

Anyway, can a third one be used for PhysX?

4970? Since when could you "get the 4970?" There's no such card yet.

 

[4745454b]

Sorry, meant the 4890. Got my numbers messed up.

 

[rags_20]

^That's good, but OP says money is not a problem. So 4890 1GB CF should do great.

 

[Upid]

Will not the hd 4870 x2 in cfx be better ?

 

[mindless728]

hell, if money is no problem

try this out

motherboard: $369.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813151091

cpu: 2 x $770.00
2 x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819105241

graphics: 2 x $539.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130449

ram: 8 x $195.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148126

2 quad cores and 64GB memoy
(this is a joke, but it would work!!!)

 

[RazberyBandit]

Upid, have you bothered to read the recent Best graphics cards for the Money article? If not, read it in it's entirety and start basing your needs from it. As has been said and probably not stressed enough, at your resolution anything more than a single 4850 (or perhaps 4870) in a 512MB configuration would be overkill. That article should help explain why.

 

[Upid]

Thanks my friend, bandit. I will check that out. But i am really sure that mindless is really mindless !

 

[Bluescreendeath]

hell, if money is no problem

try this out

motherboard: $369.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813151091

cpu: 2 x $770.00
2 x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819105241

graphics: 2 x $539.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130449

ram: 16 x $195.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148126

2 quad cores and 64GB memoy
(this is a joke, but it would work!!!)

That's actually not bad, since the total comes out to less than $3000. An Alienware gaming desktop with only a quarter of the processing power would cost almost as much.

 

[rags_20]

I play at 1440 x 900 and I do not find the 4850 overkill. I could even do with a 4890 OC. But since he has the money, it 4890 CF will result in quite high min. fps ensuring smooth gaming.

 

[Upid]

I think crossfireing causes crashes

 

[rags_20]

I think crossfireing causes crashes

I'm thinking on buying a new gaming pc . I would play at 22" lcd.core i7 2.6 ghz processor and 8gb ddr3 ram. I've a choice of two hd 4850 x2 in crossfirex or one hd 4870 x2.anyone plz help me.i want to play the latest games with maximum setting.

Both the 4870x2 and 4850x2 use CF. In that case, single card - 4890 1GB.

 

[4745454b]

Sure there are faster cards out there, but you'd need a bigger screen for them to show their power. Remember, we are talking about a 22" LCD. X2s and other such cards really need bigger screens to make them worth it. He can always spend his money on harddrives, keyboards, laser mice, sound system, etc.

 

[rags_20]

You're likely to get BETTER performance with a BETTER card, no matter what the resolution is.