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Considering replacing 4870x2 QuadFire

Originally posted by: Sylvanas
Quadfire would be better- no question.
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Even considering how in games such as WoW, I'd only be running 1 core on 1 card, in which case 1GHz 4890 > stock-clocked 4870?

I didn't really mean better as in "more powerful" as much as "better suited to my CPU". Isn't the consensus these days that to really push something like what I have right now, you need an i7?
 
Originally posted by: TotalLamer
Originally posted by: Sylvanas
Quadfire would be better- no question.
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Even considering how in games such as WoW, I'd only be running 1 core on 1 card, in which case 1GHz 4890 > stock-clocked 4870?

I didn't really mean better as in "more powerful" as much as "better suited to my CPU". Isn't the consensus these days that to really push something like what I have right now, you need an i7?
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Wow's engine is ancient. It's really showing it's age. Having a faster card is unlikely to help you. My GPU is more than enough for anything and everything WoW. So is yours. My CPU is plenty for Wow. And yet I still hit low 20's FPS in Dalaran. Fail Blizzard, fail.
 
Sorry I can't find the link anymore but for what it's worth I remember reading an article where tri-fired 4890's beat out quadfire 4870 in 3dmark06 and vantage. However, that is not in game performance and not worth the investment. Wait for the 4th quarter and get the next gen hardware.
 
What is performance like in WoW for you right now?

I've never played WoW so I don't know what kind of hardware it uses but I would imagine your performance is pretty good.

Given that, I would lean towards waiting for the next gen stuff and make your decision then.
 
Originally posted by: jaredpace
Originally posted by: TotalLamer
I've been eyeing those new Sapphire Vapor-X 4890's that just popped up on Newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102841

I was thinking a pair of these overclocked to 1GHz might be a better option for me, especially considering how much more powerful it'd be running games that don't support CrossFire, such as WoW. Thoughts?
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I'd go with 4890 1GHZ crossfire over 4870 Quadfire
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Considering that QuadFire doesn't scale worth crap, you may be right

CrossFire offers the most bang for buck followed by Tri-Fire
- he might consider 4890+4870X2 in CrossFireX as 4890 is the primary adapter to fall back on [instead of a single core of 4870]

4890+4870-X2 is faster than 4870+4870-X2 [for tri-fire]

He might consider selling one of those X-2s while they still have value and save up for Next Gen
 
Originally posted by: soccerballtux
Hm, why do you think quadfire doesn't scale?
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it does

just not very well

CrossFire scales very well generally
CrossFireX - Tri Fire is barely faster than CrossFire
QuadFire is a waste for most people unless you have a superfast CPU and game at high resolutions
- even then it gives a pathetic FPS improvement for most over TriFire [which is not good bang for buck over CrossFire]

what IS cool about CrossFire-X is that 4890+4870 is considerably faster than 4870+4870
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- so you can "miss" match with NP
 
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