Crossfire ATI

Background: I have always built my own pc's.

7 months ago I built a budget all purpose system for home.

Here is the spec:

i5 750 - processor

Asus P7P55D - Mother board

Radeon 5770 - Gpu

4GB Corsair - Ram

Zalman cnps10x quiet - Cpu cooler

2 x Samsung f3 500GB - HD raid 0

Silverstone raven 2 - case

Samsung B2330 23" - monitor

Corsair 550w - Psu

A few fans, a couple of lights etc...

Total: £930

I have been really happy with the system but felt the graphics were letting the side down a bit. Long story short, I was gifted another 5770 by a really great friend.

Now if you have never set up a dual GPU system then you like me would be amazed at just how big the difference was. (If you have then skip to the next post as this will likely bore you to death)

My scores on the usual bench tests nearly doubled and the game play on games like borderlands and fallout 3, became so much smoother it felt like a whole new system.

If I had known the difference I would have added one months ago especially as the price on these mid range cards has dropped. Simply put a £100 Gpu has refreshed my whole system and has stopped me looking for the i7 upgrade for another 6 months..

Pic related, that’s my computer running eve on dual screen dual Gpu's.