Some ATI Graphic Stuff

[GhostOps21]

Well I've been saving up, and is nearing towards my birthday, and I was wondering I could get some of your guys' advice.

Well I have an ATI Radeon 4870 HD, and was looking at crossfiring. My only problem was whether to go with another 4870, or go with the newer 4890. I know that it adjusts for the lower card, but if I do go with the 4890, I could eventually crossfire with another 4890, or 4XXX, and just create a loop kind of thing until a new GPU or something comes out. What would be the better choice?

 

[HardHat]

If you have the 1GB HD4870, and your PSU is up to the task, and your motherboard has at least two PCI-E 2.0 8x slots, then buy another HD4870.

What resolution are you playing at? If its less than 1920 x 1200 or 2560 x 1600, don't bother with CrossFire.

 

[GhostOps21]

My specs are enough, and I only have the 512mb, I only play at 1440x900, so I might just get the 4890.

 

[Vader]

It's fine just to get another HD 4870, you play at a low resoultion.
The RV 790 core in the HD 4890 is just a overclocked HD 4870 core with 1 GB of VRAM.

 

[GhostOps21]

Now that I think of it, I might get a 22-24" screen, would it make much of a difference?

 

[tyrant91101]

Depends on if you get a 720p/1080p monitor (1680x1040 or 1920x[] resolution)

 

[Jesh]

They don't run at the lower card's specs. They would run at slightly higher then a 4870 CF setup.