Using two 4870's in crossfire would be a waste unless you upgrade to an
X48 chipset mobo. Running one of them in a PCIe X16 slot with only 4
PCIe lanes would kill its performance IMHO. Also, the single card X2
would use slightly less electricity which also concerns a lot of people
nowadays. Glad you want to support AMD.
Joe User wrote:
Hello Stan,
Friday, November 21, 2008, 11:19:44 PM, you wrote:
As I've stated previously, I'm pro-AMD. Having said that you might be
interested in this article.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3462
Excellent read, thanks for the link. Seems to me they give the nod to
the 4870 in the end. I could probably infer the 4870X2 would rock
also. I now have to consider would it be better (it would be cheaper)
to do two 4870's or just do the 4870X2? Hmmmmmmm
I have to say I am excited to give ATI a spin...
