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wahjahka   10-01-2009 at 12:44:07 AM

L1qu1d wrote :

http://www.guru3d.com/article/rade [...] rossfire/1

Enjoy!

Very impressive


thanks for posting this, waiting for this to come out

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jennyh   10-01-2009 at 01:04:50 AM

Already ordered mine :D

 

Next will be a native display port lcd, at which point I'll take both that and my card to my friends house and hook up her screen and the screen I have up there for 3x1 eyefinity (only at 3 screens 1680x1050, but i reckon that will be pretty nice too).

 

Overall I'll probably have spent £550, which is a lot on just 'graphics', but it's less than what the gtx295 cost at launch here. I'll add a second card later and perhaps even go with eyefinity at my friends house if she doesn't mind paying the extra electricity bill :p


Message edited by jennyh on 10-01-2009 at 01:05:24 AM
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era86   10-01-2009 at 01:13:57 AM

Just ordered mine on Newegg!

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Bronze Graphics badge EXT64   10-01-2009 at 01:14:08 AM

Nice.

Can't you go Display Port to DVI so you don't have to get top of the line LCDs, or does that not work well?

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jennyh   10-01-2009 at 01:20:33 AM

No, you must have a native display port lcd and 2 out of 3 from dvi, dvi and hdmi.

 

Edit - i'm sure you can adaptor the dvi (ie d-sub to dvi) and hdmi ones, just not the display port. One of your monitors must have a native display port.


Message edited by jennyh on 10-01-2009 at 01:22:19 AM
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Bronze Graphics badge EXT64   10-01-2009 at 01:26:43 AM

Interesting. I didn't know that.

Anyway, what i also liked was the TDP, which I think the article said was lower than before. 150-160W, lower than a 4870! Excellent.

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