Another reason I'm apposed to Crossfire or SLI is the energy usage goes
way up and I want my machines to be efficient in that regard. One of the
big attractions to me was the difference between the old 55nm 4850 and
the new 40nm 5770. The 5770 is faster and my Kill-A-Watt meter shows a
nice drop between the 2. And since I only have a 24" monitor I don't
really need a 5850. The price difference is ~ $140 and that's a lot of
cheddar to me.
On 2/19/2010 2:00 AM, maccrawj wrote:
LOL Stan! While larger screen means you need higher resolution to
drive it, fact is every hotrod video card is going to crawl way sooner
than later!
Calling xfire or SLI overkill unless you have a huge screen is just
fundamentally wrong. You need to turn the eye-candy settings back up
on your games!
On 2/18/2010 4:42 PM, Stan Zaske 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. By the way,
by chopping my previous post you changed the meaning of what I
originally wrote.
