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i have a Visiontek ATI HD 3870! and was wonder if it would be worth upgrading to a newer card! or would crossfireing it with second card be better??

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IMO, you should keep what you've got and save up for a second gen DX11 card... If you can't wait, go the cheap route and crossfire...

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IMO, you should keep what you've got and save up for a second gen DX11 card... If you can't wait, go the cheap route and crossfire...-GeordiLaForge-

DX11 is an invalid point since DX10 doesn't have ONE game that uses all of it. (so no TRUE DX10 games yet) I would wait until DX11 is a Stable and affordable option. You do not need to upgrade but within the next two months a crossfire set up isn't that bad of an idea.

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#4 aura_enchanted

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crossfire or get a 3870x2

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i have a Visiontek ATI HD 3870! and was wonder if it would be worth upgrading to a newer card! or would crossfireing it with second card be better??
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What is your current PC? What monitor and resolution do you play with? What kind of games do you play and what settings do they currently run on?

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well i use my 32'' Samsung LCD Tv as a monitor running at 1080p! i my rig is Intel E6400 oc'ed to 3ghz Asus commando 500GB WD 7200rpm 4gb of Ram ati hd3870 windows vista 64x n well i usually play FPS's on the highest level but on some !like crysis, i gotta lower the resolusion or play eith less settings

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[QUOTE="-GeordiLaForge-"]IMO, you should keep what you've got and save up for a second gen DX11 card... If you can't wait, go the cheap route and crossfire...IvanElk

DX11 is an invalid point since DX10 doesn't have ONE game that uses all of it. (so no TRUE DX10 games yet) I would wait until DX11 is a Stable and affordable option. You do not need to upgrade but within the next two months a crossfire set up isn't that bad of an idea.

Making the move from DX10 to DX11 will be simple for devs. The advanced tessellation features in DX11 only require adjusting the normals in 3D models. Using this method, 3D models use about 10x less memory, while achieving the same results. I agree with you though. Throw in another 3870 for crossfire if the need arises in the next year. I'm personally sticking with my DX9 SLI setup for another year. Two 512mb 7950gt's...

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Definitely not crossfire as the 3870 does not scale well. Suggest HD 4890 which has good overclocking potential and can give GTX 295 levels of performance when crossfired with another 4890. But check that your PSU has two PCI-E plugs as the HD 4890 needs them.

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