Originally posted by: Creig
Originally posted by: apoppin
Originally posted by: Stonecold
I have a 4870 currently running at 1680 x 1050 res. Playing Age of Conan with all maxed settings I am getting b/w 40-90 fps depending on where I am.
I want to upgrade to a 24 inch monitor. Can a single 4870 support 1920 x 1200 with a demanding game like AOC or will I need another card for crossfire?
i need another one for my 19x12 LCD .. actually i am planning on an X3 solution for max filtering on any game.
it depends on what you like and how much AA you use. You need to remember that even more demanding games are coming out; more so than
Crysis - which still cannot be played at Very High at 19x12
Wow, and I though a single 4870X2 was going to be overkill at 1920x1200! Should be quite the FPS beast once you have it assembled.
I just thought of something, though. The 4870X2 has 1GB of framebuffer per GPU, while your 4870 has only 512mb. Since each card has to store identical data for each GPU, you're basically going to be limited to 512mb per GPU, aren't you? The additional 512mb per GPU on the 4870X2 might not be used when paired with a 512mb 4870. And with only a 512mb framebuffer per GPU, you might run into performance dropoffs at high resolutions + AA or games utilizing 512mb+ of video memory.
You might need to pick up a 1GB 4870 in order to fully maximize Crossfire performance with a 4870X2. Of course I'm not sure about this, but it seems logical.
Just a thought.