Help in deciding over card(s)

[intelfanboy88]

I was looking at some new vid cards and I was wondering. If, say, I bought two x1900's for Crossfire, is this worth it? Or should I get one card of equal value? Which is more effective? The appealing thing with the x1900s is that I can get two for $260, but I don't know if that money could be better spend on say, one x1950.

 

[Geoff]

Given that you have a crossfire capable motherboard, I would still go with a single card.

Most of the older games dont support SLI or Crossfire, and some of the current ones dont show a huge performance increase (maybe like 1/4-1/3 the framerates). You would be much better off buying, say an 8800GTS for $399.

What type of x1900 is it? If it's the XT/X i'd say go for it! But if it's just the PRO, I would go with the x1950XT/X.

 

[Archangel]

Most of the older games dont support SLI or Crossfire

could you please name some? I mean.. with halo i noticed a big increasement with SLI,. and that game came out way before SLI was released.

 

[StrangleHold]

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