04-07-2010, 08:31 PM
Quote:You also have to factor in the increased price of the motherboard. Every time I've looked into upgrading a videocard I've never found a SLI setup that was worthwhile compared to a single card.
The last card I bought was a ATI 4890 for about $170 and it is equal to or better than the 5830 according to the benchmarks I've seen.
I suppose that every now and then you can find some sort of combo that might be cost-effective, but it certainly isn't going to happen if he plans on buying the 470s anytime soon.
Motherboards now you reallly have to look to find them without atleast two PCI x16 slots. Typically they also don't cost that much more either (I've seen a two PCI x16 slot MB made by Gigabyte that was only $10 more than a single PCI x16 motherboard made by Gigabyte with the same features).
So now, it doesn't make sense to not look for an SLi/Crossfire arrangement and go with two older generation cards (a generation or two back) and get the same effective performance for less price.
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Einstein said Everything is Relative.
Heisenberg said Everything is Uncertain.
Therefore, everything is relatively uncertain.