Crossfire 5850 at 1920x1080?

[CTA4LC4PON3]

Is x2 5850's worth it at 1920x1080 or is a single card fine.

 

[CTA4LC4PON3]

anyone?

 

[Jd007]

Single card is perfectly fine for 1920x1080.

 

[RussianSensation]

Currently I am running 4890 @ 1920x1080. Crysis/Crysis Warhead are the 2 games that absolutely hammer it with any AA. But most other modern games run great. So 5850 should be just fine.

 

[CTA4LC4PON3]

the only reason i asked is because im building a new Rig an i5 and i wasnt sure if i should get a crossfire/sli mobo or a single gpu mobo.

i dont want to short myself in the long run.

 

[toyota]

for the most part a single 5850 will tear through most games at that res and can also be overclocked to 5870 levels. really since you are debating getting 1 or 2 why not try 1 first? that would seem like the logical thing to do as you can always just add another. also I hope the rest of your system is up to snuff if you are even thinking about 5850 crossfire.

 

[CTA4LC4PON3]

im sure this rig will handle x2 5850's

MSI P55-GD65 LGA 1156 Intel P55
Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB
antec 300
samsung spinpoint F3 500GB
NEC 23" IPS EA231WMi 1920x1080
ratpadz gs + logitech MX518
Sidwinder keyboard
750watt corsair TX

 

[toyota]

im sure this rig will handle x2 5850's

MSI P55-GD65 LGA 1156 Intel P55
Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB
antec 300
samsung spinpoint F3 500GB
NEC 23" IPS EA231WMi 1920x1080
ratpadz gs + logitech MX518
Sidwinder keyboard
750watt corsair TX

yeah no probs there. I would certainly do a little cpu overclocking especially if you decide to go with 2 5850 cards.

 

[CTA4LC4PON3]

yeah i also forgot to add i bought today a cooler master hyper 212 plus for the cpu

 

[CTA4LC4PON3]

the only reason i asked is because i wasnt sure if x2 5850's was overkill for the 1920x1080 res

 

[toyota]

the only reason i asked is because i wasnt sure if x2 5850's was overkill for the 1920x1080 res

well for most games its way more than enough but if you really want to crank Crysis, Warhead, STALKER Clear Sky and upcoming Call of Pripyat then you could certainly give those cards a workout. really just get one for now and see how that does for you.

 

[CTA4LC4PON3]

yeah thx for the info i dont like crysis. i do like stalker tho and ive heard it really puts gpu's to work

 

[toyota]

yeah thx for the info i dont like crysis. i do like stalker tho and ive heard it really puts gpu's to work

the original STALKER game is fairly mild but Clear Sky requires a beast of a card if you run all settings maxed especially with AA. really just turning down a couple of settings like sun shafts and SSAO can double your framerate though and the game still looks basically the same. it looks like the next STALKER game, Call of Pripyat could be even more demanding.

 

[T2k]

the only reason i asked is because im building a new Rig an i5 and i wasnt sure if i should get a crossfire/sli mobo or a single gpu mobo.

i dont want to short myself in the long run.

Stick with single 5850 for 1080p and put the money into an i7 upgrade instead - that's a much better investment right now.

 

[T2k]

the original STALKER game is fairly mild but Clear Sky requires a beast of a card if you run all settings maxed especially with AA. really just turning down a couple of settings like sun shafts and SSAO can double your framerate though and the game still looks basically the same. it looks like the next STALKER game, Call of Pripyat could be even more demanding.

True. Tried imported CoP and it's quite demanding with everything enabled.