At 04:42 PM 2/18/2010, you wrote:
If I could justify spending $300 my personal choice would be an
HD5850. I'll never do Crossfire or SLI because to me it's just
overkill unless you have a 30" monitor and want the fastest FPS you can get.
well I do have a 30 inch monitor, but crossfire in a multi monitor
setup has proved to be very annoying.
I was thinking of a HD 5770. Wouldn't this, on it's own, be faster
then my two 4870s in Crossfire?... (correction from my calling them
4970s originally.)
If I popped for the 5850 would it be a benefit in a multi monitor
setup where the monitors differ in size?
By the way, by chopping my previous post you changed the meaning
of what I originally wrote.
Sorry, it was unintentional. I was just trying to clean things up so
it was easier to follow, I should of just left the first sentence.
Thanks for the help, I don't really know video cards.. I have no idea
what is what.
w
On 2/18/2010 1:02 PM, Winterlight wrote:
At 07:20 AM 2/18/2010, you wrote:
I don't think it's the stability of the driver causing the need
for frequent reboots. The only time I've ever had difficulties
like that are from fold...@home GPU client misbehaving after my
box has been running for several days, overclocking the video
HD5770 in my experience.
Well, you may be right. I have disconnected my other monitors and
running just one 30 inch monitor off the second of the 4970s and
it is working OK. I might just have a bad video card. I have never
seen a video go out where they don't just die, but this one works
and just keeps crapping out the display requiring a reboot. I will
be running further tests to make sure... but right now I think one
of my 4970s went bad.
So what should I get to replace it? I run three monitors. I
currently have the two 4970s. one handles two 24 inch Dells and one
handles a 30 inch Gateway. I need to replace the one that handles the 30 inch.
Would it be best to get another 4970? Or should I get a 5000 series
and forget about Crossfire?
Is there something I could get that would be crossfire in just one
card for the 30 inch. Even better is there a card that would work
with my existing 4970 to play games across all three monitors.
Any and all advice appreciated.
w
