Crossfire

[Guest]

Hello, I am looking for a card to put into crossfire. I'm on a budget and can only really spend $100 on both cards combined. Any suggestions?

 

[Annisman]

For 100$ combined you can't get two cards for crossfire.

I mean, you can, but they will be very low end cards that probably were never meant to be crossfired.

Take your 100 bucks and buy a 4770, or a 4850 (or whatever Nvidia equivalent there is) and enjoy knowing that those cards all beat whatever crossfire setup you could muster with 100 bucks.


I would say that the cheapest card that you should crossfire with is a 4770 with another 4770, other than that a single card is your best option by far.

 

[wa1]

What about the rest of your system?
PSU?
agree, with $100, u better buy a single powerful card, more efficient, less heat...

 

[JackNaylorPE]

That puts you at two 4650's but a 9800GTX or 4830 would probably outperform them.

Here's the "winners" from THG's latest (December) GFX Roundup
Best Graphics Cards For The Money: December '09

$50 - HD 4650
$65 - HD 4670 / 9600 GSO
$85 - 9600 GT
$95 - 9800 GT / HD 4830
$110 - GTS 250 512 MB
$120 - GTS 250 1 GB
$155 - HD 5770 / GTX 260
$200 - HD 4890
$240 - 2 x GTS 250
$310 - No winner (HD 5850 Honorable Mention)
$330 - 2 x GTX 260 / 2 x HD 5770
$400 - 2 x HD 4890
$410 - No winner (HD 5870 Honorable Mention)
$465 - No winner (GTX 295 Honorable Mention)
$625 - No winner (HD 5970 Honorable Mention)