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HD4870 · Jul 6, 2011, 04:56 PM

I was using one 1920x1080 monitor and have always preferred High End Single GPU from AMD (ATI) in 300-400$ range

But now I have 3 monitors in Eyefinity and with awesome Multi-GPU scaling with HD6000 Series, I am running HD6990+HD6950 Unlocked in Tri-Fire now (1000$)

I've just made this review :

http://www.egypthardware.net/vb/t589.html

Sorry , it is in Arabic but performance charts are in English

System Name:	High End
Processor:	Core i7 920@4.25Ghz 1.3v
Motherboard:	Asus Rampage III Extreme
Cooling:	Noctua NH-D14
Memory:	3x2GB OCZ DDR3 2000Mhz Blade 9-9-9-24-1N
Video Card:	Sapphire HD6990+HD6970 Tri-Fire@950/1500 (6000 GDDR5!)
Hard Disk:	OCZ Vertex 2 50GB + 3x1.0TB WD Black + 2.0TB WD Green + 1.0TB WD Green + 640GB WD Blue
Optical Drive:	Benq 1640 / Pioneer 111L / LiteOn 20A4P / Samsung 203B / NEC Optiarc 7200S
CRT/LCD Model:	3 X Benq G2420HD 24" in Eyefinity
Case:	NZXT Phantom Red
Sound Card:	Creative X-Fi Titanium
PSU:	SeaSonic X-850 80+ Gold
Software:	Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate
Benchmarks:	3DMark Vantage P21584 3DMark06 26725

Jul 6, 2011, 04:56 PM	#63
HD4870 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sohag, Egypt Posts: 47 (0.03/day) Thanks: 6 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts System Specs	I was using one 1920x1080 monitor and have always preferred High End Single GPU from AMD (ATI) in 300-400$ range But now I have 3 monitors in Eyefinity and with awesome Multi-GPU scaling with HD6000 Series, I am running HD6990+HD6950 Unlocked in Tri-Fire now (1000$) I've just made this review : http://www.egypthardware.net/vb/t589.html Sorry , it is in Arabic but performance charts are in English