Recent content by Moonwatcher1

In my case future proofing really means I'm too cheap to rebuild but every 5 years so I need the best I can get for the $ now. ;) Consensus seems to be that the dual 4870's beat out the gtx285 so I'll go with the AM3 system and the dual HD4870's. In fact, I'll get one 4870 and see if that does...

I'm making a choice between a single gtx285 1gb and dual HIS Radeon HD4870 1gb's. They're a wash for the cost of $330 (newegg). I'm building a gaming rig and want to play Crysis and FarCry 2 for example. My research has shown that I can build an 955BE AM3 DDR3 rig and use either but I can't...