2 x HD4850 are arguably better for a lot of people. The 4850 blows all previous arguments against dual gfx cards out of the water......the price/performance ratio on them is outstanding.
I personally use the 4870x2 but I have a 30" display to run, which ties my hands somewhat. Still, I'd prefer nVidia to match the price/performance figures that AMD are currently forging as the AMD drivers leave a LOT to be desired. The AMD tech is also still a stride or 2 behind nVidias.....needing to sandwich 2 GPUs together to beat nVidia tells the real story. At least there is a choice now I guess :P -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: 24 November 2008 14:39 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Video card upgrade time For multi-GPU on a P35 the HDx870X2's (3 or 4 series) are the only way. Also need to watch for dead air issues in the card cage area on some cases with these beasts. No matter what, avoid Sapphire!!! James Boswell wrote: > hi, > > Your P35 chipset mainboard doesn't support SLI, it DOES support > crossfire, you can run a pair of radeons (the X2 notwithstanding, whilst > that uses crossfire, it's a single board and will work on anything with > a PCI-E slot) but a second Geforce will only operate in a "drive another > monitor" capacity > > the 4870 1GB is also a very big performance hike over an 8800GTX, but > the 4870X2 is totally in a world of it's own as far as sheer > maximumfastness goes. > One thing to watch for is, a full length dual height heatsink can cause > issues with SATA ports... > > *googles* > > Looks like your ports are out of the overlap zone though. > My P5K-E/Wifi-AP is.. not so lucky :( > This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. Clifford Chance LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England & Wales under number OC323571. The firm's registered office and principal place of business is at 10 Upper Bank Street, London, E14 5JJ. For further details, including a list of members and their professional qualifications, see our website at www.cliffordchance.com. The firm uses the word 'partner' to refer to a member of Clifford Chance LLP or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. The firm is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The Authority's rules can be accessed by clicking on the following link: http://www.sra.org.uk/code-of-conduct.page Clifford Chance as a global firm regularly shares client and/or matter-related data among its different offices and support entities in strict compliance with internal control policies and statutory requirements. Incoming and outgoing email communications may be monitored by Clifford Chance, as permitted by applicable law and regulations. For further information about Clifford Chance please see our website at http://www.cliffordchance.com or refer to any Clifford Chance office.
