[MODS: Sorry, meant to post this in the Graphics Card section - please move if possible]
Hey all,
Just wanting to garner some opinions on this from you knowledeable lot My rig as as per my sig on the left, basically a low/mid level system with a Q6600 at 3.2 gHz with 4GB DDR2. Last year I ended up getting a 5850 1GB GPU and was really happy with it to be honest.
I game on a 24" monitor at 1920x1200 and after digging up some older FPS games to play with at top details, I'm seriously considering getting a second 5850 to go in crossfire mode. The cost of one second hand is about £130 (well, judging by the bay), so the questions I have are below:
- For the money, would going crossfire be a good option for gaming at high/top details on my stated resolution? Or would I be better served getting another single GPU for that money (and selling the current one too)
- In terms of CF, is it fairly mature now? By that I'm asking if scaling in most games is relatively good - or at least not worse than single card, which I believe used to happen before...
- How future proof would you say that CF system would be?
- Would my current CPU be a bottleneck in terms of feeding the 2 cards?
- My mobo (P5Q-E) will support CF with both slots running at x8 speeds. I've been reading around and my head is spinning - I believe this will be detrimental to a few FPS at but is this something that I should be concerned about?
If I had an SLI board, I'd definitely be going down the GTX 460 SLI route, as I hear the scaling is amazing, but unfortunately, I cant without topping a load of money on base architecture. So, to cut a long story short, does CF sound like its worth doing??
JP
PS - I play mainly FPS games on PC.