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Crossfire or 1 980 Ti

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So recently I've been thinking about upgrading to an MSI GTX 980 Ti. I love the look of the card and I know it's a beast. What I have right now is one MSI R9 390. Since this weekend has all the biggest sales, the question has come to my mind whether to buy another 390 and Crossfire them, or should I buy a 980 Ti? The money aspect of it doesn't bother me. I was just wondering what is going to give me the most performance.

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You're only playing at 1080p, a 390 should be solid for that, no upgrade needed.

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I'm looking at upgrading to 1440p in the near future, depending on what deals I can find this weekend really

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980TI gets higher FPS but it costs double, for 1080p a r9 390 is capable of ultra-ing everything with constant 60, there would be no reason to buy a 980ti for 1080p.

 

r9 390 crossfire is better than a 980ti at 4k, and with CCC tech, crossfire works in almost every game

 

 

edit: I'd recommend buying 3 290's for $200 each over a 980ti

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Xfire 390 will wreck a single 980ti whenever Xfire can be used, especially at higher resolutions.

Otherwise the 980ti is the way to go

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there really isnt much on crossfire r9 390's performance wise out there but i'd say its a bit less perfoming. It'll cost you way less though. There will always be the harrassment of setting up crossfire which is a pain, and double gpu related issues though

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Xfire 390 will wreck a single 980ti whenever Xfire can be used, especially at higher resolutions.

Otherwise the 980ti is the way to go

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R9 390 2-way or R9 290 3-way will be much higher FPS than a single 980ti and will perform better at the same res (since it's two/three cards over one) and you will still get solid 60 in games without crossfire at 1080p. When dX12, i'd say you'd  get a constant 90 at 4k..

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there really isnt much on crossfire r9 390's performance wise out there but i'd say its a bit less perfoming. It'll cost you way less though. There will always be the harrassment of setting up crossfire which is a pain, and double gpu related issues though

Crossfire has been better than SLI lately, and it requires no bridges.

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MY VERDICT:

2x R9 390 > 980Ti at any resolution

 

Two R9 390's take ~550w of power, you're going to want atleast a 700w PSU.

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oh, just double check if you have the psu to run two of these. they can be quite power consumming!

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oh, just double check if you have the psu to run two of these. they can be quite power consumming!

A single 390 takes no more power than a single 980Ti, he just needs atleast a 650w PSU depending on his hardware. I'd recommend a 850w for extra headroom of overclocking.

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A single 390 takes no more power than a single 980Ti, he just needs atleast a 650w PSU depending on his hardware. I'd recommend a 850w for extra headroom of overclocking.

No. a 390 and the system it's installed in uses 350w at full load. I had a 290 and 390 in crossfire overclocked and it used 650w at full load, ran them on a RM750.

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