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The 940 is an AM2+ socket CPU. It cannot use DDR3.
I have to ask this.
On a $1000 budget, why does everyone get the 5770?!?!
You should do a 5850 minimum for that budget. I mean seriously people, the
5770 is a budget card.
Incorrect. High end ATI cards (as well as NV cards) run slightly faster on boards with AMD chipsets, because of higher northbridge frequencies.
Crossfire on AMD chipsets is also more efficient by a small amount.
No, they are selling crap. How many crossfire plugs does your card have?
lol he isn't.
You got lucky. Your card is an older, reference model. The newer ones are custom PCB, with no voltage control, one crossfire port, crappy reliability, etc. and afaik, all the ATI cards come with a crossfire bridge if they have a plug for it.
They actually released an entire batch of bad HD 4890s a while because they felt like completely cheaping out and didn't test them, except for displaying video.
I think mine is but ugly. I liked the way the others looked, but they cost more and provided less.The only reason why i would buy an XFX card is because they look awesome most of the time.
I'm sorry, but I just don't see it as much of a problem. They aren't advertised with 2 plugs anyhow, and who runs more than 2 cards anyhow? If you are, then you should know to check for it. Also, I find it hard to believe that other manufacturers don't do the same.XFX is intentionally making crappy cards in order to increase their profits. This is a constant, widespread issue with more than one part. People do not know what they are getting because XFX still puts reference coolers on the crap pcb cards, and often the retailers do not change stock images every time they get a new shipment. There is a huge difference here because basic features of the card are missing.
and btw 90% of the people who buy XFX cards do not get the double lifetime warranty. XFX does not tell you that you have 30 days to register the card in your name or else you don't get it.
you also cannot get crap for their custom pcb cards if you try to resell them. I saw someone having a very hard time selling a registered 1GB 5770 for $125 not long ago because of this.
*sigh* It looks like you are just trying to defend your purchase, so I am outta here.
I will leave with this. If an XFX card costs the same as a Sapphire or ASUS card, which has two crossfire plugs, better reliability, voltage control, better support (XFX support is crap now), can handle aftermarket coolers, such as full coverage waterblocks that the XFX can't, has better resellability, and overclocks better, the decision should be pretty simple.