Right well im wanting to upgrade my graphics card as i need something more powerful for gaming later on when i upgrade to a 24" monitor @1900x1200 instead of 1680x1050, first thing that came to mind is a 4870 but it seems the one i ordered off ebay is MIA so my new plan was one of the following:
Buy 2x Nvidia cards for SLI
Buy 2 4870's or an extra 4850 for crossfire
Now the problem with the crossfire is that my board doesnt support it, nvidia cards that perform similar to 4870's (gtx260) have held there value and sell for around £80+ on ebay but 4870's are about £60!. Im thinking maybe im better off buying a new motherboard which supports atleast crossfire @ x8/x8 2.0. The main problem is either i stick with my e8400 and get another 775 board or make the switch to an amd board, perhaps bulldozer will be supported by it anyway!.
And get one of them cheapy dual cores and unluck it into a phenom 2 x4 (the fx5000, guarenteed unlock on ebay new for £45).
Any idea what i should do? and what suggestions for nvidia cards? Ideally im looking to spend £100-£120(possibly), cheapest is generally better but it must perform well at 1900x1200 resolution.
Any suggestions are appreciated!.


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. I shall keep an eye out for a cheap one to pop up on the bay.

. I am debating whether to get the crossfire board and another 4850 or just to get the 4890 and sell my 4850, the latter would probably cost me ~£60 to upgrade where as the former would be like £50 for the board and another 50 for the card.... hmmm decisions!