Top Crossfire or not to Crossfire?

[Ilyafordictator]

Hi everyone,
I'm either going to but this motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130228
Or this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186168

I'm going to install a 4870 as my graphics card in whichever board I get.
With the combo I am getting, it costs 45 dollars to get the second board, which will allow me to crossfire.

My question is, is it worth the extra 45$ to get the motherboard so I can crossfire in the future, or should I save my money and just upgrade my entire card when I need more speed.

Note: I will be playing on a 1920X1200 monitor.

 

[Ilyafordictator]

opinions, anyone?

 

[Jaysin]

Considering single cards are more than adequate of powering that resolution I wouldn't be too concerned unless you would rather buy low end cards in crossfire vs say one nice card.

You could do say, 4770 x2 vs one 4890. Personally I have always preferred a single card as single card solutions have been more than adequate in my situation at that res as I am not big e-peen FPS bragging rights.

 

[Ilyafordictator]

I'm saying as an upgrade option is it a good idea, or should I just buy single gpus for every upgrade?

 

[Jaysin]

I generally always buy single. Personally I don't see crossfire being beneficial over long haul if you upgrade fairly regularly. If each new gen you buy new cards, and you arent running dual cards of the fastest of that gen then it is kind silly as usually the next generation is approximately twice as fast as the previous.

To me dual cards is ideal for high end folks who buy multiple extreme range cards 4870x2, gtx 295, every generation and swap them each time the new high end comes out. Or it works for those short on funds looking for a easy upgrade down the road who don't upgrade often, you can just toss in another card.

If you upgrade regularly in the mid to high range and can run all the games you want I see little "need" for it.

But that doesn't mean it isn't "nice".