damien

reference HD4870X2 is around £300 for cheap (reference cooler) or for 20-30 quid cheaper you can get the next gen card which supports more features and with crossfire (future) you get double the power of the HD4870x2

HD5870 is reference but my HD4890 is non reference and knocks off 20 degrees easily from reference and also pre overclocked from 750 mhz to 950 mhz if you do go 4870x2 try to get a non reference for the extra cooling and reliability

ps. that is a good board as it also supports 1600FSB so you can overclock with more headroom. i have a Q9550 stock downstairs and a Q9400 upstrairs overclocked to 3.00 with the help of the extra FSB

hi mate, I was crossfiring 2 HD4870's before upgrading. Personally although i always wanted to do crossfire it works out more expensive as you would ideally want to upgrade two cards at a time. I found that a HD4870x2 would be a better setup as you can just slot them into any PCI x16 lane. I love crossfire however you need to make sure you have an X48 board minimum to get both lanes at x16 mode otherwise they half to x8 each lane in crosdfire mode. Then there is the heat factor........ second card will always run toasty. i have two cases for two gaming rigs. one i built for my wife which is and also got the Coolermaster HAF932 for my own gaming rig upstairs even with these cooling the cards on their own from 80 degrees to a more friendly 40-50 degrees crossfire still gets toasty for one of the cards. you are better off getting a single card as it saves more money in general. PSU, CASE, MOTHERBOARD etc. i purchased 2 HD5870's from a company a while ago and one was faulty out of the box. after realising one runs great i just got a refund luckily fot the second one and stayed with one. since then i had sold my other cards to my mates and was missing my crossfire (looks cool) and so i left the HD5870 in wifes pc and bought a HD4890 on the cheap. Personally i wouldnt buy the HD4870X2 as you might aswell save up a tiny bit more and get a next gen card that will support DX11. one HD5870 runs the same as 2 HD4870's anyway as it has double the stream processors. i could go into more depth as i am a pure ATI gpu fan and always dream of getting the next big one. but i will leave that up to wether you want info :) one thing worth noting is that the newer cards run eyefinity really well. I am only dual monitor downstairs but i want to add a third and have them side by side so my flight simulator has extra view :)

cheers for the info guys. i will try to look at a diesel then :)

cheers for that matey :dots:

well keep us posted on how it drived after the MOT :) looks like you grabbed a mega margain!

i take it you get around alot funkysi? :clap::clap::clap:

found this which seems fairly good. Not getting it as i need to get the job yet but im kind of going with it as a basis for what i am looking at. http://essex.gumtree.com/essex/86/50398186.html

that doesnt look to bad matey :P quite a nice looking runaround compared to what you might otherwise end up with for £100

that is also true, mate had one. but whilst the engine kept going the electronics were awful (could be bad luck) i seriously thought another BMW and whilst ther go forever they are expensive to fix Once they go wrong. i wonder a polo would be a good choice as they seem to go forever but i think they would be higher than my budget which is around 1k

i reckon we should do a "come dine with me and my Zed" similar setup however the host takes you out in their 300zx for a marking of scores too! :tongue_smilie:

Yeah i'm going to give it a bash. got anothe rmember on here that might help if i get really stuck but generaly im going to use the guides posted on here and try to do myself. I got all the tools including a axel stand kit that has the trolley for my to slide under the car and a 2 ton jack. i think the only thing i am missing is a really long extension bar for the sockets, but im guessing i could go halfords and pick up the piece itself :thumbup: i will keep you updated on how it goes..... i just wish i could spray the engine bay myself as the car was sprayed except the engine bay which is red :(

well here are some of me but i only have holiday ones :( one of them i managed to find on an old camera from our quazar days..... that was fun scaring the crap out of everyone.......... "GIMME ALL YOUR F**KI*G MONEY"!

funny you should mention that. someone else mentioned that i should get a diesel but i have never had one (dreads the thought of putting petrol in the diesal car and diesel in the petrol car :)

Nice Work Jeff TT! thanks to you and others that keep an eye out for us that might have saved quite a few headaches to members that may have been desperate enough to use them.

Hopefully getting a career change which would require me to drive from Chelmsford to Clacton Everyday. I was just going to get a 1.1 run around but my old man reckons i am better getting a 1.4 or 1.6 because the little engine will work harder to do 70MPH on the A roads and probably burn off more fuel. How true or untrue is this? also could anyone recommened a good runaround that is reliable? I was looking at another BMW as i saw a 1995 Compact 1.6i for £700 with Full Service History and MOT. any ideas what else would also be a reliable runaround for A roads? :scooter:

Having had zed off road for a while i have recently got hold of a manual Gearbox Conversion kit and the tools to do the job! i think ive been away for too long and need to start posting again :sorcerer: Not that i or many others have been missed but its time to start haunting the forums again :2guns: So here goes with a post to say..................... im back. I will start another post soon with the pictures updated as i carry out the job of making the car a "manwell" If any body wants a autobox for parts or to repair i will pretty much give it away although postage would help if you are not picking it up. I will update as i go :taz: good to be back!

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after reading some posts just now it seems it will be fine using donor front half of propshaft and my SWB rear half. looks like i just need to get car in garage, then raised, then start work on the damn thing ^^

just one thought..... if this kit came out LWB what do i need to do to fit SWB?

cheers :) i will keep it in mind although axle stands look like it will be easiest to do now :) i'm sure this will come in help :) cheers. i better get hold of some tools for the gearbox :)

they look nice and easier to use

cheers for that :) I'm guessing this would be good http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_241361_langId_-1_categoryId_165727 and 2 extra axle stands

ill have a search for them now :) i guess i just need to find axle stands that give me 18" clearance.. which are harder to come by or more expensive