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liquidpower   10-16-2009 at 04:48:01 AM

hate to do this but cant make up my mind
i'm buying this motor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824005125
its a 23 in with a 1920 x 1080 Recommended Resolution id like to play games at that

mobo GA-P35-DS3P CrossFireX able
core 2 duo e6750 over clocked to 3.64
4 gigs of ddr2
600 watt OCZ600SXS not crossfire citified but should be able to handle it


its been 2 weeks now and i still cant decide what i want to buy for a new video card. right now i have a 3850
i want to spend some where around 230 ish maybe 2 4870 in crossfire. what do you guys think? should i just suck it up and spend more money or is that OK?

thanks

ps how sweet is that motor right

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Bronze Graphics badge EXT64   10-16-2009 at 05:02:19 AM

Have you looked into the new cards, like a 5850 or 70 at all? Definitely look at them, though 2 4870's at that price is really hard to beat. I think this is one of those decisions that is hard just because all options are pretty good.

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smithereen   10-16-2009 at 05:04:29 AM

Get a 5850.

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chef7734   10-16-2009 at 05:39:09 AM

If you are building now it would be hard not to recommend a dx11 card. If you are on a budget and can not afford the 5870 I would go with the 5850 and add another one at a later time.

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