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stardude82   10-24-2009 at 12:10:09 AM

I have a GA-P55-UD3R which I got virtually for free from a brick an mortar retailer. I also have a ATI 4850 and about $150 with which I wish to play around with.
What should I do to maximize my gaming potential:

Ideas I have:
1) Get another 4850 and see what I can get from CrossFire and a heat sink. (Obnoxious that the 776 and 1156 are not compatibil.)
2) Get a nVidia card and see what I can get from hacked PhysX.
3) Save up for the next round of nVidia cards.
4) Sell the Mobo on Ebay and get a real Mobo (and another 4850.)

Besides that, I'd like to see someone do a benchmark of modern cards in x16/x4 crossfire operation. The only ones I've seen are 3 years old.

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Bronze Graphics badge shadow187   10-24-2009 at 12:13:27 AM
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Option four. For sure.

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Bronze Graphics badge TheViper   10-24-2009 at 01:15:42 AM
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Option 1.

The 4x PCIe lane won't hurt you much at all. You'll lose 1 to 2 frames at most.


Or option 5, sell the HD 4850 on eBay and get an HD 5850.

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Bronze Graphics badge shadow187   10-24-2009 at 02:29:16 AM
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TheViper wrote :

Option 1.

The 4x PCIe lane won't hurt you much at all. You'll lose 1 to 2 frames at most.


Or option 5, sell the HD 4850 on eBay and get an HD 5850.


http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 915-9.html

He can expect to lose some frames, and then there's already the frames lost because scaling with crossfire isn't exactly perfect, so...

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