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Thoughts on the 4870 X2
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About to purchase an ATI Radeon 4870 X2 to replace my X1950 XTX.
__________________Anybody on here have thoughts on this card (besides massive heat/power consumption)? Saw some reviews, most FPS benchmarks seemed pretty good. Also, I realize the X2 is a dual GPU single PCB (I think) card. Would I need to run Crossfire software to realize its full potential? Thanks in advance!
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Yes, and the 4870x2 is a very powerful card right now. And you will need to enable crossfire for it to work correctly.
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In other words, is Crossfire buggy?
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Not really. Well not that i know of.
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Crossfire isn't exactly buggy, depending on the game scaling performance can vary. Some games get a better performance hit than others while some actually do worse in a Crossfire configuration. This issue seems to be more prominent with dual GPU cards in a multi GPU configuration such as Crossfire and SLI rather than single GPU cards.
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The massive heat/power consumption is all you need to worry about really, I haven't had any issues that weren't sorted with an updated driver or a patch for the game. They do run hot, and the fan is loud.
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NEVERMIND! Gonna pick up a GTX 285 tonight for $200!
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Well thats a good deal! Good luck with it you wont be disappoint!
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Great price on that 285 for sure, good find.
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