Can 4870 512 meg do SLI

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AZBOOSTIN

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Hey guys wondering if the saphire 4870 512 meg, be paired up for sli??? Really liking the looks of this card and in my pricerange
 
I wouldn't run 2 of the 4870 512 cards in crossfire, if you have the resolution to really take advantage of 2x 4870 cores then your going to find the 512mb of ram holding you back. Hard OCP has already shown that the extra 512mb on the 1gig cards is useful in todays games with a single card configuration. I wouldn't be surprised of a single 4870 1gig card actually out performs 2x 4870 512mb cards in some cases.
 
I plan to run 1920 res on a 37" 1080p sscreen.... would there be a need for 2? I mainly play wow and similar games
 
The first question is does your motherboard even support Crossfire or SLI? Even if it does support Crossfire I would start out with one 4870 1GB and then add a second if you want more performance.
 
I am using an Asus p5N32 it does Sli but I dunno bout crossfire... dont think it does So i will just stick with one ati or go nvidia
 
Your board supports SLI only, not X-fire. Now the new x58 intel based boards can do both SLI and X-fire. But that's a whole other situation. Back to your current situation, at that resolution grab a dirt cheap 260gtx or HD4870 1gb, your choice...
 
eh i will say this just get a 4870x2 and call it then you can migrate it over to your new setup in the future and then add one mmm 2 card quadfire
 
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