The reviews I've read say a single 5770 is almost as fast as a 4890 so
no it wouldn't be able to keep up with 2 4870's in Crossfire. A single
5850 will drive 3 monitors by its self but you have the display port
connection to worry about. The latest driver release by AMD (10.2) makes
Eyefinity even better and next months 10.3 release will add bezel
correction. Go to HardOCP and read their take on it.
On 2/18/2010 7:01 PM, Winterlight wrote:
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
