4850 1gb crossfire in crysis ??

[huntsman]

hey looked around a little bit and didnt find wat i was looking for so ill just ask.

my rig
cpu- amd phenom 2 x2 550 3.1
4gb of ram
xfx 4850 1gb stock
running at 1440x900 res

now i want to play crysis and on one it will do fine on medium/high settings, now wat if i get another one and put them in crossfire would that help out? Or should i just wait until the ati 5 series come out and get one of those ? since the 4850 is dropping in price quiet a bit its now 125 so on christmas it should be on sale. maybe i could then pick one up for around 100 bucks. Would that be worth it or no ?

thanks

 

[shadow187]

Are you in the US? On Newegg the 4850 is 85$ (rebate).

You're better off waiting until the 5XXX cards come out. By Christmas the 4850's will be 60$, most likely. Though you'd rather go for a higher-end (4890?) by then.

 

[huntsman]

ok yeah ill just do that, ill wait till christmas and pick up a 4890 maybe even 2

 

[huntsman]

and yes im in the US

 

[shadow187]

Absolutely insane..http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102848&cm_re=4890-_-14-102-848-_-Product

SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100269VXLE Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

175$.

 

[huntsman]

so 2 of the 4850 wouldnt help much ?? cuz i was planning on picking up a 23in monitor on christmas cuz of the sales, and then the 4850 as the price would be low on the card , but you say its not worth having 2 of the 4850

 

[shadow187]

It's not that it's bad, it's that there are better options. But if you plan on going bigger resolutions, it wouldn't be a bad idea to get a second 4850.

 

[huntsman]

the 23in is 1920x1080 res so i think 2 cards would have an effect on that resolution

 

[jyjjy]

Crossfire the HD4850, it will be cheaper and better than an HD4890.

 

[huntsman]

k well im looking at this benchmarking review bout the cards so ill put up the link in a lil bit wen im done reading it and u can tell me what you think of the review if its dead on right about the cards or if its bullshyt

 

[huntsman]

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/9159-ati-hd4870-hd4850-crossfire-performance-review-12.html

heres the link but start from page 1

 

[huntsman]

according to that revieww 2 of the 4850 add up to a gtx 280 they say its equal or better even in some games, then again in some games the 280 is better but the 4850 come out cheaper so think ill wait till the 5 series come out and ill get another 4850