4650 X 2 Crossfire Decision

Benzy

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Hey, I was recently browsing the internet for a gaming computer which i have been saving up for and i found some really good January deal computers. one of which was found on www.cubed247.com. my budget is around £850.

Here are the computers specs
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Intel Core i5 750 Processor
8192MB Corsair DDR III Memory
1500GB SATA II Seagate Ultra Fast Hard Disk Space
NEC 7200 Multi Format DVD/CD ReWriter
TWO ATI Radeon 4650 1024MB PCI Express Graphics Cards (2048MB Crossfire)
5.1 High Definition Surround Sound
Asus Deluxe Motherboard
Multi Format Memory Card Reader
10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN
12 x USB2 Ports
Firewire
22” Widescreen Full HD TFT
Logitech Wireless Multimedia Keyboard
Logitech Wireless Optical Mouse
Logitech X530 5.1 Speaker System
12 Months Classic Warranty
Microsoft Office 60 Day Trial
Microsoft Windows Live Essentials
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Im not exaxctly a computer whiz but i think the 8g RAM (is it 8G?) is great along with the massive harddrive, the processor is great and bear in mind this is including a £119 22 inch tv and £59.00 5.1 surround sound.

But what held me back is the graphics cards, ive looked at some benchmarks of passmark.com and the 4650 is way down the list but crossfire version dosent seem to be listed and i wanted your views on it. is it worth it? is the 4650 good? before i spotted this deal i was searching pc specialist which i selected the 4890 - which seems to be alot better.

Is it the right decision? im looking for a computer which can play music and games and maybe movies well. certain games like oblivion or fallout 3 or dragon age origins or crysis =]