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SnickieX · 01-12-09

I think I'll go w/ the dual 3870 idea, I can get one offa newegg for like 70 bucks. And I'm not planning on upgrading anytime soon, I ran a 9600SE on games like ET and such for a loooooooong time. (Low detail, much?)

mocha989 · 01-12-09

If oyu really want to be able to run your games amazingy then id get a HD3870 with GDDR4 mem. As well as a Penom II processor.

like dis.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103249

and

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102719

BRING SOME LIFE TO YOU PC!!!

-iceblade^ · 01-13-09

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Originally Posted by meticadpa

Get the 4850. Because if your two 3870's are about as good what will happen when the 4850 becomes a bit outdated? You have to upgrade to a much more expensive card. if you get the 4850 and when it becomes outdated you can crossfire

your logic is self defeating, ie...

Quote:

Get the "5850". Because if your two 4870's are about as good what will happen when the 5850 becomes a bit outdated? You have to upgrade to a much more expensive card. if you get the 5850 and when it becomes outdated you can crossfire

just get the 3870's.

if you have the one card and wait to crossfire like some people on here keep saying, you will never end up crossfiring - there is always something better here, not to mention the 3870's are very cheap now

aznofazns · 01-13-09

I would have to agree with iceblade, another 3870 would make more economical sense, as long as you have enough room on your mobo to support everything you need + Crossfire. Besides, I don't see dual 3870's becoming obsolete any time soon. I highly doubt any game released in the next year (maybe even 2 years) will be more graphically-demanding than Crysis, and dual 3870's can handle Crysis on high just fine. The only possible reason I would get the 4850 in your case would be if somebody really wanted to buy the old 3870.

neozavier · 01-13-09

For the prize it would be better the 3870 and it does a good job!!! But be sure that the motherboard is crossfireX not crossfire and u will see a great difference!!!!

Kamikaze127 · 01-13-09

Both will be bottlenecked by that single-core.

Kick that CPU to the curb and drop in a Phenom II.

By-Tor · 01-13-09

Maybe a 3870x2???

http://www.overclock.net/sale/440168...ver-block.html

S.M. · 01-13-09

I don't know why you guys are telling him to go crossfire when he has a single core CPU.

xwinx · 01-13-09

I believe you can crossfire a 4850 and 3870, but I can't quite confirm that

but Ide go with 4850, since the 3870 is an aged card.

-iceblade^ · 01-13-09

you cant it was a rumor denied by ATi

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