4850 in crossfire?

helloi have one 4850 and cos of how cheap they are atm, (especially on ebay) im considering getting another.im just wondering, can you crossfire 2 of the same cards (4580) if they are made by different manufacturers?my mobo(p5q pro) only supports x8 crossfire, does that make a difference? i read somewhere theres only a 1-3 fps difference between x16.will a second one heat up my case (cm690)?is it worth going crossfire if i game at 1920 by 1080?thanks:)4850 in crossfire?
Yes, I would go into crossfire. BUT the main question is whats your full specs? if you have a BAD CPU its not worth it, Also mainly whats your PSU's specs?4850 in crossfire?
I love my Hd 4850. Wonderful card. I bought the HIS reference version of the card tho. It uses the same cooler that ATI themselves designed for the card and the same clock speeds.I can play every single game Ive thrown at it, at High settings w/ AA and AF enabled, Including Crysis.Its one of the best mid-range cards ATI has ever created in my opinion.Im sure a second one crossfired could easily best the GTX 275 in performance.
[QUOTE=''dared3vil0'']Yes, I would go into crossfire. BUT the main question is whats your full specs? if you have a BAD CPU its not worth it, Also mainly whats your PSU's specs?[/QUOTE]i have a q6600 which im soon going to oc to at least 3.0ghz if possible. i have recently ordered a new psu, a 750w corsair tx one.
[QUOTE=''jpph''][QUOTE=''dared3vil0'']Yes, I would go into crossfire. BUT the main question is whats your full specs? if you have a BAD CPU its not worth it, Also mainly whats your PSU's specs?[/QUOTE]i have a q6600 which im soon going to oc to at least 3.0ghz if possible. i have recently ordered a new psu, a 750w corsair tx one.[/QUOTE]



Yes go crossfire my friend
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what about the p5q pro only supporting x8 crossfire?and what about waiting for the 5800 cards?and is it ok to crossfire 2 different manufacturer cards?cheers
[QUOTE=''jpph'']what about the p5q pro only supporting x8 crossfire?and what about waiting for the 5800 cards?and is it ok to crossfire 2 different manufacturer cards?cheers[/QUOTE]the x16 crossfire and x8 crossfire only makes about a 3 fps difference if that,so it doesn't matter.i was also wanderingif u could crossfiretwo different manufactured cards i can't see why it wouldn't work
[QUOTE=''jpph'']what about the p5q pro only supporting x8 crossfire?and what about waiting for the 5800 cards?and is it ok to crossfire 2 different manufacturer cards?cheers[/QUOTE]



Oh and make sure you have a good power supply with plenty of wattage as well.
[QUOTE=''UltimateGamer95''][QUOTE=''jpph'']what about the p5q pro only supporting x8 crossfire?and what about waiting for the 5800 cards?and is it ok to crossfire 2 different manufacturer cards?cheers[/QUOTE] Oh and make sure you have a good power supply with plenty of wattage as well.[/QUOTE]im waitiing on a corsair 750w.what about 2 different manufacturer cards? will they work in crossfire?
[QUOTE=''jpph''][QUOTE=''UltimateGamer95''][QUOTE=''jpph'']what about the p5q pro only supporting x8 crossfire?and what about waiting for the 5800 cards?and is it ok to crossfire 2 different manufacturer cards?cheers[/QUOTE] Oh and make sure you have a good power supply with plenty of wattage as well.[/QUOTE]im waitiing on a corsair 750w.what about 2 different manufacturer cards? will they work in crossfire?[/QUOTE]



Yes they will. What also will work in crossfire is if you pair two different cards together as well such as a 4850 and a 4870 (however you will only get the performance of the weakest card in your system, so for example if I crossfired a 4850 with a 4870 then you would only get the performance of two 4850's in crossfire).
[QUOTE=''UltimateGamer95''][QUOTE=''jpph''][QUOTE=''UltimateGamer95''] Oh and make sure you have a good power supply with plenty of wattage as well.[/QUOTE]im waitiing on a corsair 750w.what about 2 different manufacturer cards? will they work in crossfire?[/QUOTE] Yes they will. What also will work in crossfire is if you pair two different cards together as well such as a 4850 and a 4870 (however you will only get the performance of the weakest card in your system, so for example if I crossfired a 4850 with a 4870 then you would only get the performance of two 4850's in crossfire).[/QUOTE]havent heard of that before!im a bit cautious about dx11 though, ive preordered windows 7 so it might make more sense to wait for the 5850, so i can go dx11.
[QUOTE=''jpph''][QUOTE=''UltimateGamer95''][QUOTE=''jpph'']im waitiing on a corsair 750w.what about 2 different manufacturer cards? will they work in crossfire?[/QUOTE] Yes they will. What also will work in crossfire is if you pair two different cards together as well such as a 4850 and a 4870 (however you will only get the performance of the weakest card in your system, so for example if I crossfired a 4850 with a 4870 then you would only get the performance of two 4850's in crossfire).[/QUOTE]havent heard of that before!im a bit cautious about dx11 though, ive preordered windows 7 so it might make more sense to wait for the 5850, so i can go dx11.[/QUOTE]

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DX11 will also work on Vista I think they may be releasing a patch or something for that
Yes you can crossfire 2 different manufacturer cards but the faster one will downclock to match the slowest but it'll work
I'm waiting for the 5800 series to show up, but i'll probably get the new card instead of CF 2 4850 because i have the 512mb one and even if it's fine for my screen resolution (1680x1050) it's not enough for AA.
[QUOTE=''powerslide67'']I'm waiting for the 5800 series to show up, but i'll probably get the new card instead of CF 2 4850 because i have the 512mb one and even if it's fine for my screen resolution (1680x1050) it's not enough for AA.[/QUOTE]this is exactly my worry!i play at 1920 by 1080, gta 4 runs ok at that res, except when you can see all the way across the river and stuff, but maybe a second 512mb 4850 would be pointless, cos i play at a high res.anyone here running 4850 crossfire with gta 4?
[QUOTE=''UltimateGamer95''][QUOTE=''jpph''][QUOTE=''UltimateGamer95''] Yes they will. What also will work in crossfire is if you pair two different cards together as well such as a 4850 and a 4870 (however you will only get the performance of the weakest card in your system, so for example if I crossfired a 4850 with a 4870 then you would only get the performance of two 4850's in crossfire).[/QUOTE]havent heard of that before!im a bit cautious about dx11 though, ive preordered windows 7 so it might make more sense to wait for the 5850, so i can go dx11.[/QUOTE] . DX11 will also work on Vista I think they may be releasing a patch or something for that[/QUOTE]i dont use vista, im on xp. as i said ive preordered windows 7, do you know if i will be able to use dx11 features with a 4800 series card?
[QUOTE=''jpph'']helloi have one 4850 and cos of how cheap they are atm, (especially on ebay) im considering getting another.im just wondering, can you crossfire 2 of the same cards (4580) if they are made by different manufacturers?my mobo(p5q pro) only supports x8 crossfire, does that make a difference? i read somewhere theres only a 1-3 fps difference between x16.will a second one heat up my case (cm690)?is it worth going crossfire if i game at 1920 by 1080?thanks:)[/QUOTE] Ok ill tell u something, most games i play i use 1080p res and most games wrk perfectly fine (Cod Batman AA demo RE 5 bench SF4) and thats only one HD 4850 with a PROCESSOR that is 100X worse than yours (e2140) so i guess two hd4850s with a quad would do great :)Oh and guys do you think its worth crossfiring with an AMD ATHLON II X2 245? I have a 700w OCZ psu and i am getting a new pc and mobo and i will eventually xfire.