Looking to upgrade

kenkickr · Dec 5, 2007

Right now I have 2 X1950XT's in crossfire and have been thinking about upgrading. I have an Acer 22" LCD monitor and the games I am playing and plan to play are Bioshock, Gears of War, MVP 2005 w/ 07 mod, Call of Duty 4, and NFS Pro Street. Would the 3850's in crossfire be good enough or should I go with a 3870 now and then pickup another in a couple months. Thanks for any info and it will be much appreciated. Also thinking about updating board to the Asus 790FX chipset board unless DFI can get theres out soon.

Darknova · Dec 5, 2007

3870 route no question. That's what I intend to do (when they get stock in the UK).

nflesher87 · Dec 5, 2007

I was about to recommend holding out a bit on the mobo upgrade until I noticed you're using an ECS lol
I would hold out a bit longer on the 790FX as reports have been scanty on them so far in the way of overclocking and what not
that said, try upgrading to a solid AM2 board like the MSI K9A Platinum that will maximize CF performance with dual x16 lanes and not x16 + x4
as for what vga to get, I would honestly just go for a 3870 now if you can manage to find one at a decent price

and welcome to TPU bro :toast:

kenkickr · Dec 5, 2007

In reguards to the motherboard cause it looks like I'll get a 3870, should I wait til the SB700 comes out?

panchoman · Dec 5, 2007

abits got a sb700 board out already. haven't seen a dfi 790fx yet, but gigabyte and msi are the ones to get for 790fx. and of course 3870 hands down

kenkickr · Dec 5, 2007

Here is the DFI 790FX board and info. http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_pro....jsp?PRODUCT_ID=5717&CATEGORY_TYPE=MB&SITE=US

Now if I could just get ebay to unsuspend my account because I owe them US $0.00.

nflesher87 · Dec 5, 2007

kenkickr said:
Here is the DFI 790FX board and info. http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_pro....jsp?PRODUCT_ID=5717&CATEGORY_TYPE=MB&SITE=US

Now if I could just get ebay to unsuspend my account because I owe them US $0.00.

that DFI has SB600

panchoman · Dec 5, 2007

whats the major diff between sb600 and sb700?

wiak · Dec 5, 2007

panchoman said:
whats the major diff between sb600 and sb700?

sb700 has 2 more sata, and some other improvments
but anyway sb600 shoudl work just as good

and yes ATI Gladiator hands down!

if you dont know what the gladiator is, *x870 hint*

JC316 · Dec 5, 2007

I would go with the 3870 for sure, then crossfire later on.

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