Is a $100 video card all you need?

[philbar71]

^ you mean crossfire

and last time i checked 2 4850's killed a 4870 and GTX 260.

 

[tastegw]

i think it would be awesome if they came out with a 4770x2, price it at about $150. that would be a killer GPU.

lol, yes, that would be the ultimate bang for the buck card to date hehe (if it was 150)

 

[philbar71]

i would seriousley consider getting TWO of those. (if they were $150) then my quest for would domination would begin

 

[stb1swat]

I'm sorry I guess I am a little out of the game. The last ATI card i owned was an X1300. But based on these benchmarks crossfire 4850s aren't that much better.

In 3dmarks they pummel though, yeah.

 

[TheOtis]

i think it would be awesome if they came out with a 4770x2, price it at about $150. that would be a killer GPU.

Haha, errr. It would be more like $200, or just under it. Pretty sick card though. Only need a 550W for SLI.

 

[veg1992]

Sapphire will probably be weird and will make one, because they have the tendency to be the odd one out and make a non-reference card

 

[tastegw]

I'm sorry I guess I am a little out of the game. The last ATI card i owned was an X1300. But based on these benchmarks crossfire 4850s aren't that much better.

In 3dmarks they pummel though, yeah.

we are not talkin about 4850's here, this is irrelevant.

i think it has been proven that 2x 4770's in crossfire out perform both the gtx 260-285 and the 4870-90 single card solutions.

4770's in crossfire out performs the 4890 by 20% on average and still consumes less power under load. according to this
First Look at Radeon HD 4770 CrossFire Benchmark - Expreview.com
they also discuss the possiblility of the 4770x2 ( me wants 2 of those)

on average when you pair up two 4770's you get a 80% performance boost vs 1 4770., not bad imo. and in atleast one case you can get over 100% boost.(read article)

 

[TheOtis]

That's really impressive. $200 4770s beats out a $250 single card by 20%. Good to see how much scaleling has improved.

 

[veg1992]

I really think, if you play at 1680x1050 resolution, with this card AMD has made it so you only do need a $100 GPU

EDIT:

ATI Radeon HD 4770 In CrossFire: Unbeatable At $220 : Introduction - Review Tom's Hardware

HD 4770's in CrossfireX

 

[tastegw]

since i have been a nvidia guy for years, i know very little about crossfire.

can you run 3 of these 4770's in crossfire? if so i may consider that lol.