pra5286 Posted November 7, 2009 Posted November 7, 2009 Right i have a big problem, i had already bought myself my hd4870 for my new gaming build but the packaging it came in was plainly crap... looked like a fat man had used it as a cushion for the entire journey to my house... (lol) Still the place where i buy my parts from have stopped the 4870 line and i was wondering if it was worth me either A) Paying the extra for an Asus HD4890 or B) Paying a little bit extra and buying 2 hd4850's on my Asus M4A79XTD Motherboard ( Xfire both pci-e run at x8 ) 4850's - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/168023 4890 - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161725 Both come to roughly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirro Posted November 7, 2009 Posted November 7, 2009 (edited) Since the 4850 is lower model of the 4870 i would go the route of 4890. two weak cards usually don't give the umpf of a high-end card, not all games always properly recognize dual gpu's. plus in the long run, you can add another 4890 and would smash multiple 4850's Edited November 7, 2009 by cirro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
_TheAlexO Posted November 7, 2009 Posted November 7, 2009 get the 4890 and skip the headaches of crossfire. .. 1 4890 performs better anyway Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuComer Posted November 7, 2009 Posted November 7, 2009 +1 If you reaaaaally wanna get to experiment with CF then go for it, but otherwise hd4890 is the way to go Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted November 8, 2009 Posted November 8, 2009 neither 5770 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
_TheAlexO Posted November 8, 2009 Posted November 8, 2009 (edited) neither 5770 id take a 5770 over both options. Edited November 8, 2009 by ShallowBay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_warm Posted November 8, 2009 Posted November 8, 2009 id take a 5770 over both options. i agreeeee Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy94 Posted November 8, 2009 Posted November 8, 2009 I once contemplated this. I was best off getting the better single card instead of going for crossfire. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comp Dude2 Posted November 8, 2009 Posted November 8, 2009 Proformance aside, CF or SLI is a headache, works with some games....has problems with others, i'd have a single card just for convenience Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbaxm2 Posted November 8, 2009 Posted November 8, 2009 Man I must be missing something. I have two 4850's running in crossfire in my x48 board and and moved my 4870's in crossfire to my new x58 board. Have not had a single problem running crossfire yet. I sometimes wonder around this place if the people giving advice have ever actually tried the things they speak of. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkrow21 Posted November 8, 2009 Posted November 8, 2009 id take a 5770 over both options. +1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
_TheAlexO Posted November 8, 2009 Posted November 8, 2009 (edited) Man I must be missing something. I have two 4850's running in crossfire in my x48 board and and moved my 4870's in crossfire to my new x58 board. Have not had a single problem running crossfire yet. I sometimes wonder around this place if the people giving advice have ever actually tried the things they speak of. its a well known FACT that there are problems with scalability and reliability with Crossfirex AND sli.. just because YOU havent had problems on the select few games you have played, doesnt mean there arent problems Edited November 8, 2009 by ShallowBay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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