Can i crossfire the 290 with any of the new GPU's?

[Totally-A-Hero]

Just wondering since i cant seem to find any 290's for sale...

[yannickverc]

Nope. You can only Xfire/SLI GPU's with the same chip.

[Totally-A-Hero]

Nope. You can only Xfire/SLI GPU's with the same chip.

Thanks

[Samfisher]

Just wondering since i cant seem to find any 290's for sale...

There should be tons of 290s for sale TBH, many people sidegraded to the 390 for VRAM.

[Totally-A-Hero]

There should be tons of 290s for sale TBH, many people sidegraded to the 390 for VRAM.

Im not looking for used and i cant find any from major retailers, i might be retarded though...

[Morgan MLGman]

Nope. You can only Xfire/SLI GPU's with the same chip.

Whaaaaaat that's bullshit, you can crossfire 290X with a 290, you can crossfire 290 with a 390 (although this indeed is the same chip)

[Totally-A-Hero]

Whaaaaaat that's bullshit, you can crossfire 290X with a 290, you can crossfire 290 with a 390 (although this indeed is the same chip)

I can do 290 to 390?

[comicsansms]

Thanks

That isn't true what he said.

You can crossfire a R9 290 with a R9 290x with a R9 390 or with a R9 390x since they ALL use the same Hawaii GPU.

They will act the lower one of the bunch (So a R9 290)

[yannickverc]

Whaaaaaat that's bullshit, you can crossfire 290X with a 290, you can crossfire 290 with a 390 (although this indeed is the same chip)

Like I said, only GPU's with the same chip. OP didn't specify a GPU: "Newer GPU's" 

[yannickverc]

That isn't true what he said.

You can crossfire a R9 290 or a R9 290x with a R9 390 or R9 390x since they ALL use the same Hawaii GPU.

They will act the lower one of the bunch (So a R9 290)

Those are the same chips. Which I said you can. Can nobody read? 

[Morgan MLGman]

Those are the same chips. Which I said you can. Can nobody read? 

Hawaii and Hawaii XT are not the same chips m8.

[Totally-A-Hero]

So is a 390/290 crossfire worth it. I already have 1 290. this would be christmas, i literally have nothing to ask for so an extra gpu sounds good honestly.

[yannickverc]

Hawaii and Hawaii XT are not the same chips m8.

Names of them do make me suspect the architecture deep inside is the same

[Glenwing]

Hawaii and Hawaii XT are not the same chips m8.

 

The chips are the same, they just have differences in what sections are disabled. That's still considered the same chip though.

[comicsansms]

Those are the same chips. Which I said you can. Can nobody read? 

?????

1st off you said "Nope"

Then you said you can SLI with GPU's with the same chip (Also not true)

And then you slap crossfire into this

 

With SLI, the card has to be the same model and the same chip. You can SLI a 980ti with a 980ti, but you cannot SLI a 980ti with a Titan X.

 

With XFire, the Card can be a different model and generation as long as it has the same chip. You can XFire a HD 7970 with a R9 280, but you cannot XFire a R9 280 with a R9 285.

 

The R9 290, R9 290x, R9 390 and R9 390x all use the same chip.

[Morgan MLGman]

So is a 390/290 crossfire worth it. I already have 1 290. this would be christmas, i literally have nothing to ask for so an extra gpu sounds good honestly.

Yeah, it's worth it. You use the 390 as your main card and enable the 290 only in games that use it

[yannickverc]

?????

1st off you said "Nope"

Then you said you can SLI with GPU's with the same chip (Also not true)

And then you slap crossfire into this

 

With SLI, the card has to be the same model and the same chip. You can SLI a 980ti with a 980ti, but you cannot SLI a 980ti with a Titan X.

 

With XFire, the Card can be a different model and generation as long as it has the same chip. You can XFire a HD 7970 with a R9 280, but you cannot XFire a R9 280 with a R9 285.

 

The R9 290, R9 290x, R9 390 and R9 390x all use the same chip.

That's exactly what I said? "Same chip"? You just explained it more thoroughly. 

Once again, OP did not specify a GPU. "Newer GPU's". A new GPU can be a 980ti for all that matters. 

[Totally-A-Hero]

Yeah, it's worth it. You use the 390 as your main card and enable the 290 only in games that use it

I literally only play Arma 3. Pretty sure that will utilize both Gpu's but my i7-4770k literally maxes out at 50% usuage on the game anyway due to bad optimization so im not sure.

[comicsansms]

That's exactly what I said? "Same chip"? You just explained it more thoroughly. 

Once again, OP did not specify a GPU. "Newer GPU's". A new GPU can be a 980ti for all that matters. 

You ask or you assume he is talking about the newer version of the same card. (which he is)

[yannickverc]

You ask or you assume he is talking about the newer version of the same card. (which he is)

Or I can skip an unnecessary step and go straight to the final answer. Which is still correct. 

[comicsansms]

Or I can skip an unnecessary step and go straight to the final answer. Which is still correct. 

Edit - A partially correct answer that confuses people.

[xnoobftw]

So is a 390/290 crossfire worth it. I already have 1 290. this would be christmas, i literally have nothing to ask for so an extra gpu sounds good honestly.

Why not custom liquid cooling?

[yannickverc]

Edit - A partially correct answer that confuses people.

What was incorrect about my comment? You confirmed it yourself 2 posts ago. 

[Totally-A-Hero]

Why not custom liquid cooling?

so i can smash my computer and watch as all my money goes down the drain from a leak? I prefer to stay away from that stuff ahaha good suggestion though.

 

In case you are wondering im just making a christmas list rather than some clothes so here it is

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/D9sfQ7

 

Oh and current build

 

is in the profile

[xnoobftw]

so i can smash my computer and watch as all my money goes down the drain from a leak? I prefer to stay away from that stuff ahaha good suggestion though.

 

In case you are wondering im just making a christmas list rather than some clothes so here it is

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/D9sfQ7

sell 290 away --> 980ti?