Buy New Card or Buy Another 280x?

[Orangeator]

Okay so I have a Powercolor turbo duo r9 280x. I bought well over a year ago. I have it paired with a fx-8320 (fx-8350 with it's overclock). I can buy another one on eBay right now for under $100 (possibly in the $80 range). Would that be an okay investment? Or should I wait and save my money to purchase a single better GPU. Honestly, I want the best bang for the buck, so how would these two cards preform in a well optimized game for dual GPU setups? 

 

Edit: I have a 750 watt power supply, hopefully that isn't an issue.

[The Sloth]

another 280x or save for a 480 

[samcool55]

They would perform quite well, but then again the games that are capable of using both properly makes it imo not worth it.

I wouldn't bother with crossfire tbh. I had it for a year and it was fine but tbh i don't miss it.

[Orangeator]

1 minute ago, samcool55 said:

They would perform quite well, but then again the games that are capable of using both properly makes it imo not worth it.

I wouldn't bother with crossfire tbh. I had it for a year and it was fine but tbh i don't miss it.

What does "quite well" mean? Like in a perfectly optimized game what other card on the market would they be comparable to?

[CostcoSamples]

Sell your 280x for $80 and put that toward a 480.

[samcool55]

1 minute ago, Orangeator said:

What does "quite well" mean? Like in a perfectly optimized game what other card on the market would they be comparable to?

Add 80% fps to whatever you get right now.

If you get 50fps in a game, expect 90 fps in crossfire when it's optimized properly.

 

edit: no idea what single-gpu you can compare it to tho.

[Orangeator]

1 minute ago, CostcoSamples said:

Sell your 280x for $80 and put that toward a 480.

That is what I am thinking. Honestly I really want to crossfire two 8gb rx 480's. That is a goal of mine. I know it isn't the best cost to performance ratio, or power for that matter, but I love it for the looks.

[Kobathor]

4 minutes ago, Orangeator said:

What does "quite well" mean? Like in a perfectly optimized game what other card on the market would they be comparable to?

A 280x is a little better than a 380, so two would be around 980 performance. Maybe Fury performance. But like other people said, I'd rather not do crossfire for a card as powerful as a 380.

[Mallee]

I'm moving away from crossfire, it's frustrating when a game does not use the second card.

 

Your power supply might be ok, depending on if you OC and your other system components and their total power draw, and if it has the needed extra connectors.  (google a system power usage calculator and plug in your components to work it out.)  Also confirm you MB supports Crossfire.

I think you'll have a better experience upgrading your existing video card  rather than going to crossfire. (warranty, can choose a dealer, no power concerns, end of support life further away...)