Advice on Crossfire

[asingh]

Hey...

Why you so intent on a X - Fire solution....

1. The 16x X 16X motherboards are more expensive.
2. Not all games scale great on the X-fire, since they are not programmed to understand such a set up efficiently....yet....will so in the future.
3. The FPS gain, is not that much.
4. Anything above 35 - 40 FPS you cannot tell the difference visually anyways.
5. Requires more power.
6. Generates more heat.

I have read on many forums, with multiple driver/hardware issues regarding X-Fire and SLI configurations. Many times, when you are rendering games, if the game does not support multi GPU, one card will be sitting there..doing jack-squat. You wont even know.

You are ready to spend RS 7200 x 2 = 14400. In less then this you can easily get a Palit Sonic 4870 or add a few more bucks and pick up the HD4890. Both are really good cards, with overclock potential.

Single GPU solutions..are better anyday...!

 

[Krow]

^^^Games like GTA IV actually have X-fire disabled by AMD!!!

@ rchi84 Saving u some more money(not performance), u cn evn have a look @ the MSI HD4770 @ 6.5k. Sapphire is a great brand, but if u looking to save some bucks and get the same performance from a well-known, but new to GPU brand, go for MSI!
After all the Sapphire CFX will cost u 14.4k, while the MSI CFX will cost u 13k 2day! Maybe evn less later! Choose to go for CFX depending on the games u r gonna play. Frankly speaking,

i am looking at playing at max 1680 x 1050. i can even live with 1440 x 900. dont really need 1920 x 1080 in my games.

For this a single 4770 is great as of today!

 

[Krow]

*www.tomshardware.com/charts/gaming-graphics-charts-2009/benchmarks,51.html

Hope this helps.

 

[damngoodman999]

^^^ y r u always posting from other forums !!

 

[dOm1naTOr]

Sapphire is a great brand, but if u looking to save some bucks and get the same performance from a well-known, but new to GPU brand, go for MSI!

actually MSI is much older manufacturer than most others like palit, POV.

just for reference, i had an old MSI MX 44 card which was more than 6 yrs old.
MSI entered GPU market at geforce 2 era.

 

[Krow]

y r u always posting from other forums !!

I'm not posting from other forums, I'm just giving links to them so that it helps whoever has a certain problem(no offence). At least now, I have my own thoughts and I most probably will continue to have them(provided I dnt lose myself).

actually MSI is much older manufacturer than most others like palit, POV.

just for reference, i had an old MSI MX 44 card which was more than 6 yrs old.
MSI entered GPU market at geforce 2 era.

Point taken. Shoulda researchd a bit more b4 claiming that. I was just quoting what some dealer told me. Will keep that in mind next time.