3870 x2 or 2 3870's crossfired?

I have a HD 3870 now. I was thinking of either getting another one and crossfiring them. Or maybe getting rid of the card I have and just getting the X2 model. Which way would give me better speed and performance?

Yeah, I thought that might be the case. I'm just trying to figure out how to get the most out of the machine.
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I have a HD 3870 now. I was thinking of either getting another one and crossfiring them. Or maybe getting rid of the card I have and just getting the X2 model. Which way would give me better speed and performance?

rentalunit

LOL You do realize you can Crossfire that with a 3870X2 (that means 3 GPU's) and the performance increase will warrent the buy.

Just do crossfire with a 3400, that would be the best bang for buck imo.achilles614

Lol you cant crossfire a 3870 and a 3400. you can only crossfire a 3400 with a 3200 (and 3200's are onboard graphics)

[QUOTE="achilles614"]Just do crossfire with a 3400, that would be the best bang for buck imo.hofuldig

Lol you cant crossfire a 3870 and a 3400. you can only crossfire a 3400 with a 3200 (and 3200's are onboard graphics)

I got 3 slots I'm curious can I crossfire 2 3870's with a 3870x2?zipozal

ofcourse

Would it be worth it? If money is no problem then go for it.

If you do end up doing that let us know how it whent.

I got 3 slots I'm curious can I crossfire 2 3870's with a 3870x2?zipozal

no you cant.

You can either do 2 3870X2's or 3 3870's

Thanks guys. I'll have to think on it. But thank you all for your input.

so what does crossfire mean, , , , just putting to 3870 on the mbo to work together?