7850 Crossfire: bad idea?

[pete21121]

remember too though that going Xfire now (once the bugs are sorted out) means that technically you wouldn't really NEED to upgrade to a single card for a decent performance boost for an entire generation of video cards.

This is the biggest attraction for me. It's £150 vs what, £350+? And if the drivers/stutter issues get sorted then i'd likely keep them for at least 4 years.

I think if there is a big fix to crossfire that happens between now and the time i'd be waiting to buy the more expensive card, then i'll go for the crossfire. If not, then a bigger/better/newer card will be on the table after Christmas i think.

Thanks for the advice all, appreciate it