Hi guys,
Before you'll beat on me for not buying the gtx460, I have to say that I received my Sapphire HD5830 for 160€ vs. 210€ for the 460gtx at that time. Now it's 150€ vs 180€/190€.
However, I expected a little more from a 5800 series. I have decent fps in modern games but I want to go Crossfire with this card. I am searching for a second card and found one online for 112€ (119 inc. freight) but it's a HIS. I am new to these crossfire things as the last rig I built was in 2003 and by then thing were different, you only had one card xD.
Besides the pros and cons of crossfire,
Is it possible to set up a Sapphire hd5830 with a HIS hd5830, both having a gig of RAM and 800Mhz core clocks?
Does someone actually own a HIS hd5830? Are they relatively quiet? (reviews say yes, but I don't trust these enclosing fan designs)
Is my CPU fast enough to manage the supplemental card?
My system:
Phenom x4 955 @stock clocks
Mach Xtreme Tech Black Diamond 4GB DDR3-1333 (7-7-7-24) @stock clocks
AsRock 890FX Deluxe3
Silverstone 750W ST75F-P (87+ silver with 1 powerful 12V-rail)
WD 640GB Caviar Black SATA3 HDD (-->OS+games)
WD 250GB Caviar SATA2 HDD
PGSB BX-500 gaming case @ 4x140mm/120mm vents
and eventually 1x HD5830 1GB from Sapphire Tech.
Before you'll beat on me for not buying the gtx460, I have to say that I received my Sapphire HD5830 for 160€ vs. 210€ for the 460gtx at that time. Now it's 150€ vs 180€/190€.
However, I expected a little more from a 5800 series. I have decent fps in modern games but I want to go Crossfire with this card. I am searching for a second card and found one online for 112€ (119 inc. freight) but it's a HIS. I am new to these crossfire things as the last rig I built was in 2003 and by then thing were different, you only had one card xD.
Besides the pros and cons of crossfire,
Is it possible to set up a Sapphire hd5830 with a HIS hd5830, both having a gig of RAM and 800Mhz core clocks?
Does someone actually own a HIS hd5830? Are they relatively quiet? (reviews say yes, but I don't trust these enclosing fan designs)
Is my CPU fast enough to manage the supplemental card?
My system:
Phenom x4 955 @stock clocks
Mach Xtreme Tech Black Diamond 4GB DDR3-1333 (7-7-7-24) @stock clocks
AsRock 890FX Deluxe3
Silverstone 750W ST75F-P (87+ silver with 1 powerful 12V-rail)
WD 640GB Caviar Black SATA3 HDD (-->OS+games)
WD 250GB Caviar SATA2 HDD
PGSB BX-500 gaming case @ 4x140mm/120mm vents
and eventually 1x HD5830 1GB from Sapphire Tech.