Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 512MB in CrossFireX: beating up on high-end GPUs?

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Published: Tuesday 5th May, 2009 | Author: Tarinder Sandhu
Products: Radeon HD 4770 in CrossFire
Companies: AMD (All AMD content), Sapphire (All Sapphire content), ATi Technologies (All ATi Technologies content)
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Introduction

ATI released the mid-range Radeon HD 4770 GPU to general acclaim last week. Based on a cheap-to-produce manufacturing process and high on performance, the <£80 card is a strong contender for best graphics solution under £100.

Its potency is such that you will be able to play most of the latest games on a 22in widescreen monitor, commonly shipping with a 1,680x1,050-pixel resolution. But what happens when you grab a couple of cards and set them to run multi-GPU CrossFireX? A £150-£160 outlay could well beat single-GPU cards at that price point. Should GeForce GTX 275 and Radeon HD 4890 be worried? There's only one way to find out, and that's by reading on.

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Company	Price (exc. VAT)	Price (inc. VAT)	Price Date	Price History
SCAN	£68.11 ( £-1.40)	£78.33	23:00 on Tue 22nd Sep 2009	history