Future Proofing...hmm..I thought 4870 but..

[licid24]

NO x8 will slow you down like 10% not worth it when you can get the gigabyte x48-ds4 open box for $160 and all youd need to do is download drivers

 

[cjl]

Not at all. If you look at the benchmarks, there just isn't a significant difference.

Take this for example:
http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=761&p=2

16x/4x is terrible, but 8x/8x is not bad at all.

 

[licid24]

I have looked ayt bench marks. Yes on a tiny screen it downt hurt but at resolutions 1600x1200 it goes down fast.

NOT to mention, what about in 1 or 2 years when he wants a new graphics card. those WILL be severely bottlenecked.

so yes the p45 is ok for now if you have a small screen

BUT if you want a bigger screen or the option to upgrade GPUS later.... p45 no good

 

[mf2385]

idk I can get that but idk if I even need that and like I said idk about crossfire really, what if I just get like 2 8800GTS 640mb and a new SLi motherboard could my ULTRA 600 watt PSU be ok for that?

 

[cjl]

That would be massively slower than the 4850's. GTS 640's have been outdated for nearly a year now.

 

[mf2385]

I can get 2 BFG OC 8800GT and a P5N-D SLi 2 2.0 PCI EXPRESS SLOTS 16x each for only 500.

 

[mf2385]

Can I run 2 8800GT in SLi mode with my current ULTRA 600 watt PSU, I'm guessing yes bc if I can run 2 4850s lol, I think I can SLi 2 EVGA 8800GT

 

[mf2385]

it's more in my ballpark price-wise to get 2 8800GT in SLi now tho price-wise and performance wise its realllly good I hear?

 

[mf2385]

2 MSI 8800GT OC in SLi beat 2 8800GTX in SLi thats impressive lol, remember im coming off a single gpu old 7950GT 512mb video card.. And plus I'm running a low resolution and >19 inch monitor too.. So I play at lower resolutions as it is..

 

[licid24]

at that low res a single card would work

 

[mf2385]

well then maybe I will get the cheaper mobo and do 8x speed 2 4850s in xfire better then 2 8800GT OC SLi right?

 

[mf2385]

All I need now is a relatively cheap Xfire 8x speed mobo for sli 2 4850s. If you guys can help budget is like >600 if possible!

 

[mf2385]

or maybe I'll just get the one HD4870 which is damn good in itself lol. its almost as good as a gtx 280 and thats real good

 

[mf2385]

That's it i've made up my mind, The Visiontek HD4870 is the card I'm going to get, along with Windows Vista 64-bit and 2 more GB of pc6400 ddr2 800mhz to bring my total mem to 4gb pc6400, do you guys think I should go for 6gb pc6400 ddr2 800 or is 4gb enough?

 

[stove]

4 gb for vista 64 home premium is all you need.