Thread: 2 or 1?

Do you play high end games or do heavy rendering? Want to run more than duel monitors for heavy moderating or hacking.

Pedro

Are you running two monitors, or are you looking to plug one monitor into both cards using crossfire? I know that having a Crossfire system is great for getting great performance from 2 x cheap cards, but, with similar performance, basically the same price and the extra complexity, why not get the 5850 now, and then in another year or so, when the price comes down, you could get a second one and double your performance for a relative bargain.

Not sure about the best set-up for you, but I might be interested in taking the 8800GTS off your hands, is it the 320mb one?

Craig

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Do you play high end games or do heavy rendering? Want to run more than duel monitors for heavy moderating or hacking.

just high end games,, single monitor

Originally Posted by Craig

Pedro

Are you running two monitors, or are you looking to plug one monitor into both cards using crossfire? I know that having a Crossfire system is great for getting great performance from 2 x cheap cards, but, with similar performance, basically the same price and the extra complexity, why not get the 5850 now, and then in another year or so, when the price comes down, you could get a second one and double your performance for a relative bargain.

Not sure about the best set-up for you, but I might be interested in taking the 8800GTS off your hands, is it the 320mb one?

Craig

Yes Craig,, this is the crossfire tricky bit,,,
one really good one now and buy a second later on,,

I thought I'd do that with the 8800,, but it seems not,,


oh,, and I just checked,, its the GT version,,, 512mg but only the GT.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

just high end games,, single monitor
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If only the above I would go for whatever gets the best FPS with no lag.
SLI/Crossfire of cards have always been my undoing ie: More heat, more expensive for upgrade, bigger PSU but dam they rock and as usual the week you buy those 2 expensive cards ATI or Nvidia will release a single card that will whip it for cheaper.

PS Have had a look at staticice.com.au for your prices

IMO crossfire/SLI is a bit ermm touchy at the best of times.
Better to go for one decent card.

yea,, will probably go single,,

and the next time you have your case open,,

just think about a vid card thats just under 11 inches long,,

luckily the area needed is a pull out drive cage thats not used

anyone know about/ used this?


Double Lifetime Warranty
XFX will repair and service this graphics card for as long as you live! Even for those of you who know how to push XFX cards to the limits, if anything goes wrong, XFX will service it free of charge! additionally XFX will also honor the protection plan for the second owner as well. You get the protection AND the added value of being able to pass along a full warranty. With XFX Live Help you will be able to communicate through instant messaging directly to our support representatives for any help with your XFX graphics card.

Must admit I willingly paid extra for the 3 year warranty Gigabyte have on all their cards,,

but a double lifetime?!?

hmmmm.

sounds fantastic i might look at them next time i upgrade.
I just wonder if its one of those - if it looks too good to be true ......