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Synbios:
When I say "really good" 5 series i'm referring to top of the line 5 series, 5850 is middle of the road as there is a 5970 which would blow it out of the water. From an economical perspective, yes crossfire/SLI will always be cheaper than buying a single high-end card, but the performance will be lower as well.

Again I'm not too familiar with ATI/AMD's video card lineup, but that's how it works in the nvidia world. Also with nvidia, a higher number does not imply better performance, it simply refers to newer generation. For example an 8800 card could be faster than a 9600.

You get what you pay for is true, but the cost/performance ratio does go down as you get into the higher end cards (you pay exponentially more for linearly more performance). For the people who just jump on the brand new, absolute best graphics cards are always making a poor economical decision. SLI/crossfire can be a feasible option for people who want more performance for a cheaper price, it all depends on the models in question. It looks like you've made the proper research involved with the models you're looking at it, so you got a pretty good deal.

chelseaman:
Hello again,  Everything up and running.Brilliant !!
Ran both cards at basically stock settings 900core/1000 mem for over 24hrs to check out. An immediate 15% increase  for vantage marks. Excellent cooling fans on cards,and I like the way the warm air is blown out of back of case directly from card.
Tests on the cards in forums show they good OCer`s.  max 971/1150 (which I will not try)
One member posted that his 2x HD4890 in crossfire would make the HD5870 eat dirt. lol

Anyway will have some fun these next few days adjusting etc
tks

MinLo:
for beginners??? all this info known between OP TEX, made me feel like I've never had a graphics card.... :D

either way ignore my spam, I'll shut up and maybe learn a thing or 10....

billyfridge:

--- Quote from: MinLo on February 09, 2010, 07:21:27 pm ---for beginners??? all this info known between OP TEX, made me feel like I've never had a graphics card.... :D

either way ignore my spam, I'll shut up and maybe learn a thing or 10....

--- End quote ---

yeah you should get yer 'head' round it MinLo.....lol

chelseaman:
 ;D Stop picking on MinLo ,Billy. He will have to learn as I do. Probably quicker since he is just out of diapers (or was that his young ones. ;D).
Anyway to bring you up to date I started testing the 2xHD4890 cards. The XFX is a stock 870/975MHz  core/mem. whereas the HIS Turbo is a factory overclocked to 900/1000. So why not start both at 900/1000. No problems,temps were minimal. I used one graphic test from 3D MARK Vantage namely New Calico for all. checking with Temp 300 and Core temp plus a few others. During the test the FPS were very reasonable 50-60-70-80 with peaks at 88fps. Remember this is cpu running at 3.7GHz (stock 2.67GHz). I upped everthing to 930/1045 MHz (after several 5-10 MHz variations) with frame rates increasing into the 80`s and peaking at 94fps. Happy enough, but something was not quite right. Should have done much better,and then realised that my old ACER 22 inch monitor at 1680x 1050 resolution does not excite the HD4890 . need a new monitor, 24 inch with higher resolution 1920 etc. So thats whats holding me back at present, If Billy would only send me that money for the Chelsea support fund,I might make it.
Will follow up shortly.
tks

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