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For the same price 290 crossfire or single fury?

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Hello, how are you?
I am wondering about this.
For the same price what is the better option?
Get a pair of 290 cards and do crossfire or get a single Aircooled fury?

PSU power and quality is not an issue for the crossfire setup.
I am looking to mostly game at 1080p 144hz. In the future I might go 1440p.

I am just wondering how is crossfire doing lately?
Is it supported in most AAA games?
Does it have issues running?
How is the scaling?

Also, I hear crossfire setup can give framepacing problems.
Will these problems still happen with a Freesync monitor? When the refresh rate is synced to the monitor?

Also, how will future dx12 titles support crossfire?
And Vulcan?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Cheers!

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Do you know what models specifically?  Number of fans, quality brand etc.

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I think 290 cf will be a bit faster when they scale, but I got a fury in today and I have to say it runs so cool and quiet and once you oc it, it's pretty damn fast. Also if the fury unlocks then you are laughing. 

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4 minutes ago, Gdourado said:

Hello, how are you?
I am wondering about this.
For the same price what is the better option?
Get a pair of 290 cards and do crossfire or get a single Aircooled fury?

PSU power and quality is not an issue for the crossfire setup.
I am looking to mostly game at 1080p 144hz. In the future I might go 1440p.

I am just wondering how is crossfire doing lately?
Is it supported in most AAA games?
Does it have issues running?
How is the scaling?

Also, I hear crossfire setup can give framepacing problems.
Will these problems still happen with a Freesync monitor? When the refresh rate is synced to the monitor?

Also, how will future dx12 titles support crossfire?
And Vulcan?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Cheers!

Fury is probably your best bet, as multi-GPU is still pretty sketchy (depending on what games you play; it still varies a lot in just AAA games).

 

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2 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Do you know what models specifically?  Number of fans, quality brand etc.

Fury is a Sapphire Nitro.

290 are a pair of Gigabyte Windforce 3 OC.

 

Cheers.

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I assume they are second hand?

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1 minute ago, Damascus said:

I assume they are second hand?

290s are second hand but from a second hand store with warranty.

fully tested.

Fury is Brand new.

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Hmm, I would get the Fury (I think you would have more RAM?) 

 

Unfortunately I'm not familiar enough with AMDs lineup to properly recommend anything :(

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Four this.

 

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If 290 crossfire is in the ballpark of 295x2, then it just 20% faster than a fury.

but this is probably assuming the games tested than don't have crossfire support.

 

 

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Just now, Damascus said:

Hmm, I would get the Fury (I think you would have more RAM?) 

 

Unfortunately I'm not familiar enough with AMDs lineup to properly recommend anything :(

 Both are 4gb.

290 is in a 512 bit bus.

Fury is HBM in a 4096 bit bus.

 

 

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1 minute ago, Gdourado said:

Four this.

 

perfrel_1920.gif

 

If 290 crossfire is in the ballpark of 295x2, then it just 20% faster than a fury.

but this is probably assuming the games tested than don't have crossfire support.

 

 

In that case I'd get the Fury.  Apparantly BF1 runs poorly on dual GPU setups

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aircooled Fury and then try for the unlock on it to make it even better :) 

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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1 minute ago, Gdourado said:

Fury is HBM in a 4096 bit bus.

HBM is bae

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TR-1080.png

 

In crossfire supported titles, can this be the normal scaling?

From the 110 fps of a stock fury to the 170 of the 295x2, it is a big jump...

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3 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

aircooled Fury and then try for the unlock on it to make it even better :) 

I was under the impression that only the old Tri-x fury could unlock with luck.

I think the Nitro model is a no no.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

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1 minute ago, Gdourado said:

I was under the impression that only the old Tri-x fury could unlock with luck.

I think the Nitro model is a no no.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

no idea, havent seen anyone try it with the Nitro tbh. i just know some cards can be unlocked if you are lucky

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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Turns out it's not a pair of 290, but a pair of 290x.

So a little bit more performance there.

The Gigabyte 290X's OC come out of the box with 1040 core speed.

So a pair in X-fire should be about equal to a 295x2 that has a stock clock of 1018 in each core.

How does the Fury Nitro go against the 295x2?

Also, how big of an issue is micro stuttering currently?

 

Cheers!

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you're obviously hard selling yourself so buy your 290's already.

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I ran crossfire R9 290's for almost a year. Don't bother. Save yourself the time and effort required for tinkering and tweaking, just go with a single Fury. Seriously. 

 

I switched to a single 980 after the pair of 290's and did not regret it. Don't get me wrong, when CF works, it works really well and scales great. But it only works that well in very few games I play, so it wasn't worth the hassle, IMO. 

 

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Gigabyte 290s are garbage so don't even think about those. Nitro fury is amazing.

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