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Jul 31, 2007, 02:35 PM
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Crossfire or not?
So i have an powercolor 1950pro 512m card and was thinking to get a second one but is it really worth the money or should sell the pro card or what? Does it matter if have diffrent brands of cards (both will have 512m memory).Any that have 2 pro´s in crossfire please give your opinion on this + or -.
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Jul 31, 2007, 02:42 PM
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IMO waste of money, wait another year and you'll see better DX10 cards, you need more system ram for a start, current bottleneck on your system is not the card but the CPU and ram.
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Jul 31, 2007, 02:51 PM
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I would put the money into more RAM like Insider said. You CPU shouldn't really be bottlenecking anything right now, but only have 1GB of RAM certainly is. I wouldn't worry about Crossfire, or SLI, right now as long as you already have a decent graphics card and the x1950Pro is more than decent. I would just stick with that single card until the next generation of DX10 cards come out.
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Jul 31, 2007, 02:58 PM
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Super AA
 So yes but you do need 2 gigs of memory |
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Jul 31, 2007, 03:02 PM
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I have 2 gigs of mem coming but i havent recived it yet becuse somebody did steal the first shipment =( Onlything i recived was an empty box with some foam in grrr.And i have a new case also coming =) Thermaltake Mozart Tx =))
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Jul 31, 2007, 03:06 PM
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How much will the fps improve with a 2 card.I have read many reviews but they are just numbers ,what is your experience.I love to play if i can all the "eyecandy" on and that is what im aming for with the second card.
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Jul 31, 2007, 03:26 PM
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It would be faster than a 1950XTX. You would also be able to use all of the ATi goodies with less frame rate loss. Like Adaptive AA which is a big hit to slower cards. You would also be able to run Super AA which is some good I candy but that does take a hit on FPS.
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Jul 31, 2007, 03:42 PM
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Can i have for example my powercolor and one sapphire both 512m?
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Jul 31, 2007, 03:48 PM
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Yes you can have 2 cards from different manofacture.
in 3dmark 05 with 1 card i had 10500 and with 2 cards 16500 ( x1950gt) |
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