Quote Originally Posted by bhavv View Post
hmmm, so a good idea would be to upgrade to the cheap 4850 on release, then upgrade to Crossfire X with the 4870 later on in the year.

(And wait impatiently for a budget 2x 16x PCI-E board for crossfire)
dunno, but is it possible that the HD-4870 will get slowed down by the HD-4850? if this is true buying another HD-4850 would make more sense.

budget board with two physical x16-slots? I don't believe we will see something like this anytime soon (only if you consider ~130 Euro as budget). next stop is P45 and this one's got "only" two x8-slots in CF-mode.

I don't know yet which card I'll buy... haven't played much the last few months but I definately need a new card as my X1950 Pro has become to slow to power my 22" WS. are there any cool games coming out soon? the only one I know is Mafia 2 which is quite far away...