Crossfire or not?

X800 · Jul 31, 2007

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 -.

insider · Jul 31, 2007

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.

newtekie1 · Jul 31, 2007

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.

DaMulta · Jul 31, 2007

Super AA

So yes

but you do need 2 gigs of memory

X800 · Jul 31, 2007

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 =))

DaMulta · Jul 31, 2007

X800 said:
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 =))

Yea that sucks.

My cos sent me 2 laptops one time, and when it got here the box was filled with cloths.....

X800 · Jul 31, 2007

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.

DaMulta · Jul 31, 2007

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.

X800 · Jul 31, 2007

Can i have for example my powercolor and one sapphire both 512m?

mortal · Jul 31, 2007

Yes you can have 2 cards from different manofacture.

in 3dmark 05 with 1 card i had 10500 and with 2 cards 16500 ( x1950gt)

System Name	FPS Cruncher
Processor	Intel Core i7 12700K
Motherboard	Asus Rog Strix Z690-A D4 Gaming
Cooling	Kraken X73
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z DDR4-3200 DIMM CL14-14-14-34 16Gb
Video Card(s)	MSI 3080 Ventus 3X 10Gb OC
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO 500G,SSD 840 EVO 500G,WD10EZRX-00L4HB0,SSD Crucial CT525MX300
Display(s)	ACER Nitro VG270UP Freesync 144Hz
Case	LANCOOL II MESH RGB
Audio Device(s)	Sound BlasterX AE-5
Power Supply	EVGA 750 G2
Mouse	Logitech Preforance MX
Keyboard	Logitech G513 Carbon
Software	Win10 Pro 64Bit
Benchmark Scores	3dmark06 P13046 =2900XT 3dmark vantage P4614 =2900XT

Processor	Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz
Motherboard	AsRock Z470 Taichi
Cooling	Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3600
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super
Storage	500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache
Display(s)	Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28"
Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	Onboard is good enough for me
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	Work in progress
Processor	AMD 955---4Ghz
Motherboard	MSi GD70
Cooling	OcZ Phase/water
Memory	Crucial2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-16000
Video Card(s)	CrossfireX 2 X HD 4890 1GB OCed to 1000Mhz
Storage	SSD 64GB
Display(s)	Envision 24'' 1920x1200
Case	Using the desk ATM
Audio Device(s)	Sucky onboard for now :(
Power Supply	1000W TruePower Quattro

System Name	FPS Cruncher
Processor	Intel Core i7 12700K
Motherboard	Asus Rog Strix Z690-A D4 Gaming
Cooling	Kraken X73
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z DDR4-3200 DIMM CL14-14-14-34 16Gb
Video Card(s)	MSI 3080 Ventus 3X 10Gb OC
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO 500G,SSD 840 EVO 500G,WD10EZRX-00L4HB0,SSD Crucial CT525MX300
Display(s)	ACER Nitro VG270UP Freesync 144Hz
Case	LANCOOL II MESH RGB
Audio Device(s)	Sound BlasterX AE-5
Power Supply	EVGA 750 G2
Mouse	Logitech Preforance MX
Keyboard	Logitech G513 Carbon
Software	Win10 Pro 64Bit
Benchmark Scores	3dmark06 P13046 =2900XT 3dmark vantage P4614 =2900XT

System Name	Work in progress
Processor	AMD 955---4Ghz
Motherboard	MSi GD70
Cooling	OcZ Phase/water
Memory	Crucial2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-16000
Video Card(s)	CrossfireX 2 X HD 4890 1GB OCed to 1000Mhz
Storage	SSD 64GB
Display(s)	Envision 24'' 1920x1200
Case	Using the desk ATM
Audio Device(s)	Sucky onboard for now :(
Power Supply	1000W TruePower Quattro

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Processor	q6600 G0 @ 3400 1,30V
Motherboard	DFI LP T2R P35
Cooling	Sonic tower @ 40C
Memory	2x1024 Team Elite 4 4 4 12 @ 850mhz
Video Card(s)	x1950xtx @ vf-900
Storage	Segate 500GB server edition
Display(s)	Hanns-g
Case	Chieftec LCX Big tower
Audio Device(s)	Hercules Muse
Power Supply	Silwerstone Strider 560W 12.01-12,04V