first off, you got the PSU that can handle it? 9mmSpliff

It's 20-30% faster than the 4850.

It also depends on the video card you use now, if it's a 8800gt or 8800gts it's not worth upgrading to a 4850.

matrixian

Dual-slot cards dosent fit in my dell case without some slight modding. I have to cut some parts from the back of the case and some from the heat-sink fan shroud. Or should I just get a 4850? How much faster is the 4870 than 4850?

My brother has a Pentium D 4.0Ghz, its pretty fast.

[QUOTE="Horny-Dude"][QUOTE="paraskhos_basic"][QUOTE="Horny-Dude"][QUOTE="paraskhos_basic"][QUOTE="Horny-Dude"][QUOTE="paraskhos_basic"]

yah guys i was thinking of adding some more gpu power to my rig

i was thinking of getting a 8800gt in sli or mayb a new graohix card

but i think my psu wnt be able to take the load (iam not sure it will but it may)

i have like 3 160gb HDD and 1 250 Gb HDD also 1 500GB external HDD

2 DVD writers but i use only 1

my rig is in my sig

u think shld upgrade my rig or wait for better cards

also u think i wold need a new powers upply if i add a 8800gt?

paraskhos_basic

its actually in my sig

anyways its 600W cooler master extreme

yes?

for wat plz be kind enough to explain a bit

plz

but wanna say that on the psu it says sli ready so u think i shld sli

or i can rmv the extra HDD of 160 and can get a 500 gb external

so any suggestions and also is my setup good enough for sli like is my mobo good enough if i do sli 8800gt or shld i get a ati 4850 or 4870?

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[QUOTE="BlueBirdTS"]Unless you're planning on using CUDA anytime soon, no.wklzip

Whats CUDA?

This is CUDA

edit: "NVIDIA CUDA™ technology is the world's only C language environment that enables programmers and developers to write software to solve complex computational problems in a fraction of the time by tapping into the many-core parallel processing power of GPUs. With millions of CUDA-capable GPUs already deployed, thousands of software programmers are already using the free CUDA software tools to accelerate applications—from video and audio encoding to oil and gas exploration, product design, medical imaging, and scientific research."