I currently have a CG5270-BP003 Asus (got it for $186 BNIB) that has a single slot PCI-e 16x in it running an Asus EAH 4850 TOP 512mb that I added.
I am happy, but just got a ridicolous deal on 2 brand new XFX 4850 1GB cards. $85 each =)
I also got an unfinished barebones setup to get rid of this ridiculous case that the BP003 comes with... It came with an Asus P5KC mobo BNIB, Antec 900 BNIB, and a Zalmann cnps cooler BNIB.
My question is this :
Being that the P5KC has 1 PCI-e 16x (blue) and 1 PCI-e 4x (black) and is crossfire certified, will this motherboard run the 2 XFX 4850's in crossfire mode perfectly?
Should I just sell the motherboard and buy a different one that has 2x PCI-e 16x slots with crossfire or will I not notice a difference worthwhile?
I may just sell or return the XFX cards and get a MSI Cyclone 4890 OC and not do anything with the motherboard at all... but I think 2x 4850s will outperform that setup.
Here is the rest of the parts :
23" LCD w/ 1900x1280 res
corsair 650w sli certified cmpsu-tx
q8300 core2quad
Apacer 4x2GB ddr2-6400
what are your thoughts?
I am happy, but just got a ridicolous deal on 2 brand new XFX 4850 1GB cards. $85 each =)
I also got an unfinished barebones setup to get rid of this ridiculous case that the BP003 comes with... It came with an Asus P5KC mobo BNIB, Antec 900 BNIB, and a Zalmann cnps cooler BNIB.
My question is this :
Being that the P5KC has 1 PCI-e 16x (blue) and 1 PCI-e 4x (black) and is crossfire certified, will this motherboard run the 2 XFX 4850's in crossfire mode perfectly?
Should I just sell the motherboard and buy a different one that has 2x PCI-e 16x slots with crossfire or will I not notice a difference worthwhile?
I may just sell or return the XFX cards and get a MSI Cyclone 4890 OC and not do anything with the motherboard at all... but I think 2x 4850s will outperform that setup.
Here is the rest of the parts :
23" LCD w/ 1900x1280 res
corsair 650w sli certified cmpsu-tx
q8300 core2quad
Apacer 4x2GB ddr2-6400
what are your thoughts?