Tom's Hardware: Topic [Solved] 8800GTX, do I replace with 2x 4870s in crossfire?
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whatTwoboxer said
"""is it worth getting a new motherboard and buying a secondhand 8800GTX for SLi"""
as a 8800gtx owner i say no!
you will still own old tech its better to buy new tech either ati's new cards out now, or wait till the g300 nvidia cards come out in 2-3 months
"""Which would run games better?"""
at the mo. for best graphics and speed combined to furture proof yourself for 2-4 years get the ati 5870 (as im about to as well)
ps what monitor and res do you use?
"""is it worth getting a new motherboard and buying a secondhand 8800GTX for SLi"""
as a 8800gtx owner i say no!
you will still own old tech its better to buy new tech either ati's new cards out now, or wait till the g300 nvidia cards come out in 2-3 months
"""Which would run games better?"""
at the mo. for best graphics and speed combined to furture proof yourself for 2-4 years get the ati 5870 (as im about to as well)
ps what monitor and res do you use?
Hello and welcome to the forums 
2x4870s would be a great upgrade but 965 Chipset supports CrossFire @ 16x4x which won't perform very well compared to dual 8x or dual 16x
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/foru [...] _15_0.html
"The last one is 16x 4x, this one is the weakest and doesn't perform very good compared to dual 8x or dual 16x,so i won't recommend it for Multi-GPU configuration. Intel P35 and P965 chipsets support Multi-GPU at 16x 4x mode."
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whatTwoboxer said
"""is it worth getting a new motherboard and buying a secondhand 8800GTX for SLi"""
as a 8800gtx owner i say no! you will still own old tech its better to buy new tech either ati's new cards out now, or wait till the g300 nvidia cards come out in 2-3 months
"""Which would run games better?"""
at the mo. for best graphics and speed combined to furture proof yourself for 2-4 years get the ati 5870 (as im about to as well)
ps what monitor and res do you use?
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Message edited by sirkillalot on 09-29-2009 at 11:02:38 AM
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AMD P2955X4 ATI 5870 DX11
24" dell 1900x1200 2x74 wraptor hd's1 X-FI pro gamer sounds
2G ram log.Z5500 speakers 650w toughpower G15kb dvd....ITS A MEAN GREEN GAMING MACHINE
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24" dell 1900x1200 2x74 wraptor hd's1 X-FI pro gamer sounds
2G ram log.Z5500 speakers 650w toughpower G15kb dvd....ITS A MEAN GREEN GAMING MACHINE
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