crossfire or not?

[AMD6415]

ok I am about to do a MAJOR overhaul on my puter sometime in the next week or so and I have a ATI 3870 right now and I was wondering if it would be worth it to pick up another one and run em crossfire?

 

[rkagin]

It really depends on what you would use it for. Do you notice anything slow about your current setup? Not getting enough fps maybe, or slow to load? If nothing's bad, I don't see a reason to throw more money at it.

 

[Redmo0n]

What resolution do you run at?

Crossfire is really needed unless you run at high resolutions or use multiple monitors. Better to invest in a card like the 4850 if you not getting the performance you want in games.

 

[AMD6415]

well I'm upgrading my mobo, cpu, ram, all that good stuff and i my parents said for my bday they would give me some extra money and I figured that it could go for another 3870 if its worth it. I run usually at 1280x1024 but I also sometimes hook it up to our 60in 1080p TV.

 

[meat_helmet]

Well a single 4870 will outperform 2 3870s in xfire. So i would say just get one of them if you can afford it. But if you can find a 3870 cheap it should be still pretty good.

 

[AMD6415]

ok so the 4870 is faster then 2 3870s. ok I'll see what I can do with my budget, your talking just the 4870 not the X2 right?

 

[Redmo0n]

No just look at the 4870/4850. I think a 4850 would benfefit you more over 2x3870's. Whatever is in your price range, the 4870 is about 15%-20% over the 4850.

 

[AMD6415]

OK so I would see a noticeable increase from the 3870 to a 4850 or 4870? One more thing would I see an increase just from upgrading the rest of my system if I ended up keeping the 3870? Just wondering but I'm thinking if I'm gonna put this much in I might as well go big lol

 

[Ventriac]

In different circumstances, yes...

 

[Redmo0n]

The cpu might bottleneck.