Recent content by nard703

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    Poor performance from 4850 CF, leads to crashes-help

    Notty, that makes some sense actually, I have heard people having worse performance using both bridges rather than just one, causing syncing issues... I'll try to use one bridge and reboot, also yes, I have the latest ATI crossfire profiles installed.. I believe the increased power supply should...
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    Poor performance from 4850 CF, leads to crashes-help

    Thx TP!... I'm gonna run to Microcenter today and pick up an 850watt power supply and look to upgrading to a more solid video card if the extra power doesn't help out with the performance... any recommendations on max wattage for power supply?
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    Poor performance from 4850 CF, leads to crashes-help

    Thanks for the quick reply... I totally agree that they run very hot, I have about 4 fans in there to cool the system down during gameplay... I tried playing at 1920 x 1080 but had to scale down to 1700x1000 due to some lag issues (must be CF related)... my monitor can take it well (24"...
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    Poor performance from 4850 CF, leads to crashes-help

    As my somewhat vague topic implies, my computer is running 2 Sapphire 4850 HD 512mb cards in crossfire. I have updated the latest ATI drivers, CCC 10.11, crossfire profiles, set in complete default modes. When I benchmark test the 4850 HD alone, I get almost as much performance if not more...