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Originally Posted by Eclypz
5870 is the performance equivalent of 2x 4870 (crossfire). Except the 5870 achieves this performance with a single GPU, meaning less heat and power consumption.
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Not to mention that it gets full performance in all games whereas multiple GPU configurations aren't supported in every game and can sometimes have odd glitches that occur while playing.
I usually go with a single, powerful graphics card to start and pick another one up a year or two down the road when they're less than half the price.
As for NCIX, their pricematch policy is what keeps me shopping there. It certainly isn't their customer service (there have been a few good instances of customer service, but it's been mediocre or bad, for the most part). If Newegg.ca ever implemented a similar pricematch policy, I'd gladly switch to Newegg.ca.