yanamaster said:
Well when it comes to computers i prefer to have all my settings changed to high/ultra high and like to have minimum 60 fps. So i get upset when i have a good rig and games like Mass Effect 2 don't run properly when i apply AA above 8x. Or when i have to scale down draw distance in GTA 4 (yes, i know that the pc version is broken and not optimized, just like the force unleashed, but still). Oh wait, i want to play future games without hiccups, like crysis 2, that's why i'm thinking about crossfire. Right now i have a very old monitor that cannot go above 1024x768 res but i plan on buying a new moniter with a tv tuner (why have two seperate when you can have 2-in-1 with all the bells and whistles?) that goes to full HD |
Don't use Crossfire. Buy a single card with twice the performance whereever possible, there are numerous disadvantages of CF (power consumption, microstuttering, CF drivers not scaling with new/obscure games, and poor scaling in most cases anyway (only about +50% instead of +100% theoretically for a second card).
A 5850 would be a huge jump from a 4850 and allow you to turn all the settings right up even on high resolutions.
(Also, nothing you can reasonably do can improve GTAIV, just give up on that.)