Should I trade my 9800GX2 for 3 4850s?

OzzmanFloyd120 · Mar 27, 2009

I have the chance to trade myself some old HW and get 3 4850s, do you guys think it would be worth it performance wise to make this trade?
And yes, I know I would have to get a new mobo to run this configuration.
Thanks in advance for the advice.

Athlon2K15 · Mar 27, 2009

Crossfire isnt that great,if your folding i would stick with the nvidia for sure,also crossfire can be a pain to setup ...i think would stick with one card over anything

erocker · Mar 27, 2009

OzzmanFloyd120 said:
I have the chance to trade myself some old HW and get 3 4850s, do you guys think it would be worth it performance wise to make this trade?
And yes, I know I would have to get a new mobo to run this configuration.
Thanks in advance for the advice.

From a price standpoint it's a good deal for you. TriFire in a Dragon platform is pretty sexy.

red268 · Mar 27, 2009

Do it then sell one of the 4850s

h3llb3nd4 · Mar 27, 2009

or sell all and get a better card

LittleLizard · Mar 27, 2009

get the deal, sell one and ur current mobo and buy a crossfire ocer capable mobo (gigabyte 790x ud4)

sneekypeet · Mar 27, 2009

erocker said:
From a price standpoint it's a good deal for you. TriFire in a Dragon platform is pretty sexy.

I hope that TRI-fire isnt for the SLI board he has

erocker · Mar 27, 2009

OzzmanFloyd120 said:
And yes, I know I would have to get a new mobo to run this configuration.

sneekypeet said:
I hope that TRI-fire isnt for the SLI board he has

I'm not a big fan of his motherboard anyways.

sneekypeet · Mar 27, 2009

erocker said:
I'm not a big fan of his motherboard anyways.

ahh I guess it does help to read the fine print. :eek:

OzzmanFloyd120 · Mar 28, 2009

Well, I'm not folding, but what I am looking at is pure performance in gaming.
Overall which would get me better FPS?

ShadowFold · Mar 28, 2009

Well. 9800GX2 is two 8800GTS G92, which are a little worse than a HD 4850. So three 4850's would be a lot better in most apps

Crossfire isn't that hard to setup. Just put one card in, install the drivers, put another in, install drivers for it, and do the same for the 3rd. I've setup a quad HD 3870 system before and it didn't take that long to get working!

Reventon · Mar 28, 2009

I would assume 3 cards is better than 2, as the 4830 and 9800 are about equal? I'd say trade. And if you want, sell them and invest in a good graphics card like a 4870X2.

OzzmanFloyd120 · Mar 28, 2009

ShadowFold said:
Well. 9800GX2 is two 8800GTS G92, which are a little worse than a HD 4850. So three 4850's would be a lot better in most apps
Crossfire isn't that hard to setup. Just put one card in, install the drivers, put another in, install drivers for it, and do the same for the 3rd. I've setup a quad HD 3870 system before and it didn't take that long to get working!

So I can't just install the drivers and it will automatically recognize the array like forceware does?

ShadowFold · Mar 28, 2009

OzzmanFloyd120 said:
So I can't just install the drivers and it will automatically recognize the array like forceware does?

Yes but I've never done it that way. It's best to install each card separately.

OzzmanFloyd120 · Mar 28, 2009

ShadowFold said:
Yes but I've never done it that way. It's best to install each card separately.

Every review of the 4850X2 1GB vs GX2 1GB shows the GX2 getting 10-15 fps more than the X2, would the third GPU help scaling at all or is it just going to sit around and thumb it's asshole like on NV setups?

ShadowFold · Mar 28, 2009

Bah I can't find it, but Anandadna tech or w/e their called had a review showing crossfire scaling. I know 2 and 3 card setups dominated but the 4th card did literally nothing. So Crossfire scales well up to 3, then from there it really doesn't matter.

OzzmanFloyd120 · Mar 28, 2009

So in short you think it would be worth the trade of a GX2 and a 9850BE to get three HD4850 cards?

ShadowFold · Mar 28, 2009

No not really. I'm guessing you'd see a boost but it really wouldn't be worth it. Something like a 4870X2 or GTX 295 would be a good upgrade tho.

denice25 · Mar 28, 2009

do it!! it's a good deal..

Frizz · Mar 28, 2009

Yep definitely, 3 4850's can reach 18k-21k in vantage same perf as gtx295.

OzzmanFloyd120 · Mar 28, 2009

randomflip said:
Yep definitely, 3 4850's can reach 18k-21k in vantage same perf as gtx295.

I'm not worried about 3dmark though, I'm a gamer... not a bencher. I appreciate the input though.

Frizz · Mar 28, 2009

OzzmanFloyd120 said:
I'm not worried about 3dmark though, I'm a gamer... not a bencher. I appreciate the input though.

Sorry what i meant is it should be as fast as the gtx 295 in some cases during real world gaming.

BarbaricSoul · Mar 28, 2009

randomflip said:
Yep definitely, 3 4850's can reach 18k-21k in vantage same perf as gtx295.

So can a single GX2(check the link in my system specs).

BarbaricSoul · Mar 28, 2009

The GX2 I had was a great performing card. If I had a GX2 now, the lowest ATI card I would trade it for if I was planning on using the card I got would a a 4870 1 gig.

Now if your planning on getting the 4850 and selling them, you can probably get the same amount of money for just selling the GX2 and 9850BE, if not more.

BarbaricSoul · Mar 28, 2009

ShadowFold said:
Well. 9800GX2 is two 8800GTS G92, which are a little worse than a HD 4850. So three 4850's would be a lot better in most apps

I thought basically the samething when I traded my GX2 for a pair a 9800gtx OC cards. I figured the 9800's would give me alittle better performance than the GX2 did(the GX2 is 8800 gts and the 9800gtx is a updated 8800GTS). I was wrong. The GX2 was smoother, had a higher min FPS, and was less trouble to run than the GTX's were.

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