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Default Choosing New Graphics Card (Attempt to play Crysis)
My current Motherboard is a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P. This motherboard only supports Crossfire so that's why I'm going to go ATI. I use (3) 20" 1680x1050 Monitors. My Goal is to play games at High/Ultra High, across all 3 screens. I'd like to run crossfire.

My Budget is $450 for two cards and the Display Port to DVI. I've only got a Corsair TX750W power supply so that is one of my limits.


Thanks to all.
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$450..
Thats a 5870
or a 295 if you find one that price.
your psu is plenty for both.
If you really want to CF the, two 4890's will run Crysiis with plenty of fps.
Your psu is enough for that too
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Go for the 5870.
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Sounds great.
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Okay So where can I get a 5870 and a Display Port to DVI?
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5870 with eyefinity. That was solved pretty quick. Good luck finding one. See if a fryes store has one because I can't find one online anywhere. Link here.

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Whats better, 5870, or CF 4890's?
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There is a shortage of 5870 everywhere. You can find the active displayport converter here:

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...88&lid=1022051

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I just thought these looked pretty badass.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sapphire-Radeon-...item2ea8a63db9
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Whats better, 5870, or CF 4890's?
Well, 5870 uses a lot less power, and, single gpu solutions are always better than 2 gpu's.
But, performance wise 2x 4890's are a touch better.
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