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Old 12-09-08   #11 (permalink)
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yeah i think im going to go with the 4870 since its the same price as the 4850s these days (on newegg) and then sell my 4850 (if anyones interested let me know! make an offer :-D) and then buy a second 4870.

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What brand is your 4850?

Edit: NM its in your first post...

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yeah i think im going to go with the 4870 since its the same price as the 4850s these days (on newegg) and then sell my 4850 (if anyones interested let me know! make an offer :-D) and then buy a second 4870.

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go to a circuit city thats closing down and pickup a visiontek 4850 for $100.

I just did today. Now I'm running 4870+4850 xfire

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Ok so i decided to go with two 4850s instead of dumping 400 on two new cards. Now my card is a visiontek 4850 512mb... im looking at the saphire 4850 which has 1gb... will the full 1g read (as a total of 1.5gb) or will it only see up to 512 to match the other card?

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it will act as 512mb.

also note that if you have 2 512mb cards, your PC will act as though it has 512mb of video ram - it doesn't pool together...
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No, you can't run different GPUs in crossfire (or SLI). However, you may use different branded cards, but if they are different clocks they will both be downclocked to the slower clock.
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