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Crossfire or SLI?

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So, i am going to be upgrading my system, i am selling my old stuff like my 7950 GX2 and my Asus P5N-D. if i am going crossfire i would go with hd4850's, and if it was sli it would be 8800/9800 gt's. i have a e8400 already, but what would be the best set up? also not sure on what motherboard as well.... but yea, i just want opinions first
 
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I would have to say 2x 4850,pretty good price for two and very good performance.
 
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Price+performance=4850x2=excellent deal
 
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Crossfire is more expandable and usually cheaper. And a pair of 4850's makes one hell of a system for a great price.
 
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Yea i agree tigger69 and Fastmix ... Go for 4850*2 ... U won't be repent . :)
 
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next small question then, p35 or p45 chipset then?
 
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i think the p45's had problems overclocking ram but the p35 do not afaik.
 
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Hmm.. What the problems overclocking ram on P45 ??? I going to get new P45 board ..
 
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For two cards,you need p45.P35 only has 16x/4x slots,P45 has pci-e 2.0 8x/8x.The p35 might drop the performance of two cards a bit.
 
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tigger69 said:
For two cards,you need p45.P35 only has 16x/4x slots,P45 has pci-e 2.0 8x/8x.The p35 might drop the performance of two cards a bit.
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good point i didn't even think about that.

oh and i believe somone on here said they couldn't overclock their ram as much on p45 vs p35.
 
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P45 is relativley new,bios's are coming out thick and fast,so hopefully the ram compatability will get better.
 
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i will be putting my 1066 dominators on whatever mobo i get, i think its going to be the asus p5q pro....
 
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Update: looks like i found a cheap diamond hd4870, 270 cdn! and looks like a cheap asus p5q premium has come available too! so looks like my psu will have to be upgraded for the second hd4870
 
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