Hello, Sometime ago, I ask and received advice on a gaming system. It's now time to upgrade the video card I am thinking. I am a WoW player and have WotLK. I raid 25 mans. I run XP Pro. All the system does is game.
Running 4GB @ 1066 with the Gigabyte P35 DS3P and a Core 2 Duo 3GHz e6850 in an Antec 900 case all this is being powered by a Seasonic s12 80 550w. My current video being an MSI 8800GTX single card. This board supports SLI but the second slot does not run at 16X, it runs at 4X. The card I am considering is the ATI (gasp!) 4870X2 which is like SLI on one card (basically). So I would just replace the card I currently have. The 4870 is nearly 11 inches long but I understand I have the room and I will double check before I make the purchase. ATI v. Nvidia aside, I want to give ATI a shot here since I have always used Nvidia and now with AMD at the wheel... plus the 4870 is the hottest thing right now. What I seek advice on is this: Is this a wise move? Would Dual SLI 8800 GTX's be better even with the 16x / 4x thing going on? Something else that I may not even be aware of? The card is 550 bucks so i wanted to get some opinions before i shelled out the money. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."
