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Mikey44 · 10-10-05

you all think this motherboard will be good, since im wanting to have a crossfire setup. http://www.tankguys.biz/lanparty-cfdr-p-1404.html

getting 1 x850XT PE soon then will get the CF card later on.

Jinra321 · 10-10-05

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Originally Posted by Mikey44

you all think this motherboard will be good, since im wanting to have a crossfire setup. http://www.tankguys.biz/lanparty-cfdr-p-1404.html

getting 1 x850XT PE soon then will get the CF card later on.

why not wait for x1800 XT CF

Mikey44 · 10-10-05

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Originally Posted by Jinra321

why not wait for x1800 XT CF

because you should try and play wow with my video card bf2 for that matter.

and this is the CF card im going to http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...11#DetailSpecs.

sccr64472 · 10-10-05

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Originally Posted by Mikey44

you all think this motherboard will be good, since im wanting to have a crossfire setup. http://www.tankguys.biz/lanparty-cfdr-p-1404.html

getting 1 x850XT PE soon then will get the CF card later on.

I don't like that motherboard for air cooling. Look at the design and where they put the cpu mount. You'll find that you won't have much airflow across it, but it's fine if you're thinking about water. Your cpu would end up right behind your cdrom or hard drive cages and that's not in the path of where most cases have their intake coming from.

Mikey44 · 10-10-05

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Originally Posted by sccr64472

I don't like that motherboard for air cooling. Look at the design and where they put the cpu mount. You'll find that you won't have much airflow across it, but it's fine if you're thinking about water. Your cpu would end up right behind your cdrom or hard drive cages and that's not in the path of where most cases have their intake coming from.

ummm i have a fulltower won't come near anything.

wareZwally · 10-10-05

until i see what the performance of the new ati cards is like i wouldn't buy a 850,
the new card may blow it away and make it a waste of dosh

sccr64472 · 10-10-05

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Originally Posted by Mikey44

ummm i have a fulltower won't come near anything.

You still won't have good airflow across your cpu. I love the early word on the ATI chipset, but I'd wait to see a few more choices. I remember seeing an all white motherboard based on the ATI chipset that looked pretty badd@ss and had OCing options galore. I've also thought about trying Crossfire, but I honestly thing it's premature to get 2 cards still. I'm gonna hold off until Crossfire2 or SLI2 somewhere down the road. My single x850xt can play any game at any setting,so until that's no longer true, my money is staying in my pocket.

lost · 10-10-05

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Originally Posted by sccr64472

You still won't have good airflow across your cpu. I love the early word on the ATI chipset, but I'd wait to see a few more choices. I remember seeing an all white motherboard based on the ATI chipset that looked pretty badd@ss and had OCing options galore. I've also thought about trying Crossfire, but I honestly thing it's premature to get 2 cards still. I'm gonna hold off until Crossfire2 or SLI2 somewhere down the road. My single x850xt can play any game at any setting,so until that's no longer true, my money is staying in my pocket.

Agreed..... My 6800gt works with just about any game... So I'm stickin with it untill I can only play games on med/low settings..

JoMaMaz · 10-10-05

For $50 more you could get an x1800xt 256mb and for $100 more you could get a x1800xt 512mb. Or for $20 more you could get a 7800gtx.

If you're thinking about crossfire, I would wait and get one of the new cards. Also, they won't have the resolution/refresh limit that those x850's have.

Just my .02

Urufu_Shinjiro · 10-10-05

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Originally Posted by sccr64472

You still won't have good airflow across your cpu. I love the early word on the ATI chipset, but I'd wait to see a few more choices. I remember seeing an all white motherboard based on the ATI chipset that looked pretty badd@ss and had OCing options galore. I've also thought about trying Crossfire, but I honestly thing it's premature to get 2 cards still. I'm gonna hold off until Crossfire2 or SLI2 somewhere down the road. My single x850xt can play any game at any setting,so until that's no longer true, my money is staying in my pocket.

The white board you speak of is this: http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/produ...g.php?gpid=117

I'm thinking of waiting on crossfire myself, getting this board and a X1800xl or xt and going crossfire when I upgrade to socket M2.

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