Single card or crossfire

xy1971

xy1971

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Anyone know which would be better. One HD 5850 or two HD 5750's in crossfire? Cause I can get two 5750's cheaper than one 5850.
 
5850 would be the better choice, more powerful, can add another down the road,etc. Plus in games that dont scale well in xfire the 5850 would perform a LOT better.
 
The question i have for you would be how much cheaper are those 5750's?

Your in AU right?
 
I can honestly say I have yet to see any real improvement with either an SLI or Crossfire set up. I have seen quite a few. If you read the FAQ for either SSLI or Crossfire they both state that they only offer improvement on a limited number of games made to use either technology and the only real benifit they offer to all games or apps is anti-aliasing. Spend your money on the newest most up to date single graphics card you can afford that will serve you better now and in the long run.
 
lawson_jl said:
I can honestly say I have yet to see any real improvement with either an SLI or Crossfire set up. I have seen quite a few. If you read the FAQ for either SSLI or Crossfire they both state that they only offer improvement on a limited number of games made to use either technology and the only real benifit they offer to all games or apps is anti-aliasing. Spend your money on the newest most up to date single graphics card you can afford that will serve you better now and in the long run.
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Thanx. Easy decision after reading that.....HD 5850 here we come baby.:good:
 
Crossfire is nice than one of course ,if two 5850 is cheaper ,I will choose Crossfire if I am you
 
the single card would server you better because hardly any games utilise the technology for more than one card, same with graphics software, video editing software, basically any graphically intensive program, hardly any of it has the support for multiple GPU systems.


lawson_jl said:
I can honestly say I have yet to see any real improvement with either an SLI or Crossfire set up. I have seen quite a few. If you read the FAQ for either SSLI or Crossfire they both state that they only offer improvement on a limited number of games made to use either technology and the only real benifit they offer to all games or apps is anti-aliasing. Spend your money on the newest most up to date single graphics card you can afford that will serve you better now and in the long run.
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I play CoD4 alot (or used to) and because when I started playing I was 15, I had a low budget, so getting a second 8600GT (I have 2 in my system) was the best option for me, rather than getting an 8800gt or better because I couldn't afford it. CoD has dual card support, and because that is about the only graphically intensive thing I do (the rest of the games I paly that don't have support easily sit on 1 8600GT no probs at medium+ settings) the increase was phenominal. I could put details higher, have higher number of corpses, soften smoke edges, up the resolution, up the AA, and my fps is at a constant 80-90 whenever anything at all is going on on screen (except for walking through smoke clouds, then it is at 60ish)

There is your first experience of a multi gpu system that works better for the price for the user :)
 
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