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2 RX 470 Crossfired with an Ryzen 1500x?

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Considering a platform upgrade over the summer. Currently specs are an i5 760 overclocked to 4.0Ghz, rx 470 4gb, and 12 gb ddr3.

Considering getting a ryzen 1500x, another rx 470 4gb to crossfire, and 16gb ddr4. I plan to use it for gaming at 1080p 60 fps

Is this a good upgrade? And would their be any bottlenecks? please if you have any other suggestions let me know

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RX 5 series / vega will be out. I don't think Crossfire is a good idea for 1080p anyway, crossfireing 2 low-end cards seems like a bad idea for 1080p

As for the ryzen processor, i'd wait for benchmarks.

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  1. Sell the 470 and get a 1070
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4 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:
  1. Sell the 470 and get a 1070
  2. Read 1 again

Just for context, how much faster is a single 1070 compared to my idea of crossfiring 470's?

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3 minutes ago, basedthirst said:

Just for context, how much faster is a single 1070 compared to my idea of crossfiring 470's?

It is not necessarily faster, but you won't run into bugs or scaling issues that come with Crossfire:

 

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4 minutes ago, zMeul said:

http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2547-amd-rx-470-crossfire-benchmark-vs-rx-480-and-1070

 

I would not waste money on CFXing RX470s

Okay another question. If I I decide to keep my single Rx 470 and not upgrade, what's a good CPU to avoid bottlenecks?  My 760 is causing games to stutter if they are CPU intensive

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1 minute ago, basedthirst said:

Okay another question. If I I decide to keep my single Rx 470 and not upgrade, what's a good CPU to avoid bottlenecks?  My 760 is causing games to stutter if they are CPU intensive

at least a RX480 or GTX1060 6GB model

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Just now, zMeul said:

at least a RX480 or GTX1060 6GB model

I meant my CPU, i5 760 at 4.0ghz with an Rx 470. If I keep the Rx 470, which CPU should I switch to

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6 minutes ago, basedthirst said:

I meant my CPU, i5 760 at 4.0ghz with an Rx 470. If I keep the Rx 470, which CPU should I switch to

KabyLake i5, i5 7500

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23 minutes ago, basedthirst said:

Just for context, how much faster is a single 1070 compared to my idea of crossfiring 470's?

1070 is slower then Xfire 470's

Let's agree to disagree

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1 hour ago, MrTiC said:

1070 is slower then Xfire 470's

However, more games will play better on one 1070 than 2 470's in Crossfire, as nor all games scale.

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8 minutes ago, MidnightBanshi said:

However, more games will play better on one 1070 than 2 470's in Crossfire, as nor all games scale.

True, but he should wait for vega and the 5xx rebrands anyway for pricedrops

 

Let's agree to disagree

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