at hd 5870 1gb vs hd 5870 gb

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macdady
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at hd 5870 1gb vs hd 5870 gb

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Ive got 2 hd 5870 1 gb in crossfire right now thinking about adding a third (I know I probably cant use that much gpu power) and running in eyefinity (3 27" res 5760x1080) or would the 2gb hd 5870 help eyefintiy run better & scale better ?
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Please please please don't do this.................... You are spending way way way too much money on computers. 3 way crossfire is absolutely impractical (search google for reviews).

You will never be contented if you keep doing this.
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Even if you did do it, you'd only use 1GB of that 2GB card, as when it comes to VRAM, CrossFire/SLI don't work like RAID0... they work like RAID1.
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ok thanks,that's what I wanted to know
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