4870 X2 or GTX 280

[oscaryu1]

Price drop for the HD4870 x2.

 

[just a noob]

i've only found one place in america that sells it and thats this place(they do a fair amount of business from what i understand): http://www.tankguys.com/product_inf...=1713&osCsid=873ce292f4a8f00900b2d6ad69f13f6d and the other place was called memoryc.com or something like that, but they're out of country i would say, its like 15 dollars shipping to wisconsin from them

 

[mep916]

Thanks noob. Definitely like the fact that they're D9 chips.

 

[Kornowski]

Thanks noob. Definitely like the fact that they're D9 chips.

Oh Yeah! They'll OC like it's going out of fashion!

 

[just a noob]

i know i'll be buying a pair of cellshock sticks and a gtx 280 for my build(if i ever get the cash)

 

[mep916]

hope you enjoy it.... not that anything will change

 

[just a noob]

if you only cared about folding, i think you should have bought a 9800gx2, folding seems to like multiple gpu's, but if the gtx drops to under 300 dollars, i might get two by christmas

 

[mep916]

if you only cared about folding, i think you should have bought a 9800gx2, folding seems to like multiple gpu's

My decision was 50/50 between gaming and folding. Actually, the GPU client doesn't like multiple GPUs and it's difficult, from what I understand, to get two (or more) working on the same PC. Heat was another concern, and I'm not sure how long the GX2 would hold up with both cores running at full load with the stock cooler.