ATI CrossFire 4870 or 4830

[Diwakar_12]

hi,
There are now 4870 (Sapphire) version 512 mb , but is not it more interesting to make a CrossFire 4830 for a price slightly higher? What do you think?

I read up to 30% more performance under the games for the crossfire. Or is it wiser to take a 4870 for cheap and make a 4870 crossfire later (in 6 months or 1 year) by buying second hand or cheaper.

[Birdie]

hi,
If you want to have a setup that surpasses in most cases the Radeon HD 4870 1GB edition, having less noise than the standard Radeon HD 4870 cooling setup and have a lot of room for overclocking, we highly recommend this Radeon HD 4830 CrossFire solution. It is just perfect, you can always start with one and buy a second one later on and combine these together to bump the performance to enjoy your favorite games.

[Team Leader]

When you mix and match cards, both are capped at the performance of the lesser. If you add a 4830 your 4870 will start acting like a 4830. It would be no different than having two 4830s in CF.

[ApPy10]

Take a 4870! You're on perfs in all games and applications while a crossfire does not work on 100% of them ...
Secondly consumption is less for the single map.