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Old 06-24-09   #11 (permalink)
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HD4870 crossfire is better than an HD4870X2 which is already better than a GTX285.
Interesting. I would have thought they would be about equivalent since the 4870X2 is just doing Xfire right on the card? Or is the advantage that you spread the cooling over two cards and therefore higher OC on the individual 4870's?

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Interesting. I would have thought they would be about equivalent since the 4870X2 is just doing Xfire right on the card? Or is the advantage that you spread the cooling over two cards and therefore higher OC on the individual 4870's?

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Wow! Now that's GPU scalability. 4870 1GB -> 4870 1GB CF yields exactly double min frame rate and "close" to double average frame rate.

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Wow! Now that's GPU scalability. 4870 1GB -> 4870 1GB CF yields exactly double min frame rate and "close" to double average frame rate.
Completely true. CF and tri-fire scale extremely well.
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Another question. I have the OCZ StealthXstream 600W supply shown in the link below. Think this would be able to handle a crossfired 4870 setup with a Q6600 (OC 3.6GHz) on a P5Q-Pro, Watercooled, and a single hard drive and a DVD drive?

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...ly-review.html

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I also have the supply linked below in another machine. It is 750W with 45A shared rail. Maybe I should swap that over since it is severely underutilized on the other machine?

http://www.ultraproducts.com/product...&productID=656

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Another question. I have the OCZ StealthXstream 600W supply shown in the link below. Think this would be able to handle a crossfired 4870 setup with a Q6600 (OC 3.6GHz) on a P5Q-Pro, Watercooled, and a single hard drive and a DVD drive?

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...ly-review.html
no problem at all. you can even run the rig with a decent 500w psu.

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Im in the same boat as you, but I think im gonna go with 2 4890s. Should scream on a 1600x1050 res
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Im in the same boat as you, but I think im gonna go with 2 4890s. Should scream on a 1600x1050 res
You're in a nice cruise boat. I'm in a rowboat

Trying to do this cheap and use OC skills to get me close to much more expensive setups.

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You're in a nice cruise boat. I'm in a rowboat

Trying to do this cheap and use OC skills to get me close to much more expensive setups.
shouldnt be too hard if you increase the volt and put the cards into your loop.

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