one big card or xfire

[norcodh]

I have an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe and it has the crossfire dual card options. should I be getting a 512 card or dual cards. im looking to stay in the 300$ range.

 

[The_Other_One]

First off, I'm quite sure the Asus A8N is only compatable with SLI, not Crossfire. Second, the amount of memory has no real impact on your gamming performace. So, if a "big card" simply means on with lots of onboard RAM, many of those can be crap...

Now, if I were you, I wouldn't go with SLI/Crossfire. Just stick with a good card. The X1900 should be plenty for you. I'm thinking it can be found for under $300...

 

[SirKenin]

As far as I know, the only true advantage to SLI is the possibility for very high resolutions when playing games (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Myself, I agree with The Other One and I would grab the x1900.

 

[Archangel]

As far as I know, the only true advantage to SLI is the possibility for very high resolutions when playing games (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Myself, I agree with The Other One and I would grab the x1900.

quite so, SLI becomes really noticable at resolutions from 1280x1024 and above

 

[The_Other_One]

I've seen reviews/benchmark's where SLI is actually slower than single cards(as are more duel processor/core systems)

 

[Archangel]

I've seen reviews/benchmark's where SLI is actually slower than single cards(as are more duel processor/core systems)

that would be in very CPU intensive stuff i think, since SLI puts a bit extra load on the CPU too.