should i get 2 r9 290x???????

[FakeFBI]

 for now i have no gaming pc, they have 8gb models, and crossfire, so i can have 16gb of vram, do they have any drawbacks?

[eeeee1]

what is your budget? currency? current availability of second hand graphic cards?

[Fasauceome]

they don't share vram, they both will have their own 8GB

[AbydosOne]

1 minute ago, ComputerBuilder said:

 for now i have no gaming pc, they have 8gb models, and crossfire, so i can have 16gb of vram, do they have any drawbacks?

You have nowhere to put it. VRAM doesn't work that way. Crossfire is dead. They're old.

 

No.

[FakeFBI]

1. i literally might go 1 gpu, but gpu budget for 2 or one of em is $200 i found one for $100

2.USD

3.Micro center near me, i just wanted to pair my dads system from 2013 with a gpu, he bought a hp prebuilt from 2013, and came with no gpu, so im thinking that something from the time might hel me, he does 3d projects for work

[FakeFBI]

1 minute ago, AbydosOne said:

You have nowhere to put it. VRAM doesn't work that way. Crossfire is dead. They're old.

 

No.

i was pairing it with my dads pc, a prebuilt hp from 2013, so it for my dad, its a amd a10, so i dont want to bottleneck the hell outa it

[FakeFBI]

4 minutes ago, eeeee1 said:

what is your budget? currency? current availability of second hand graphic cards?

1. i literally might go 1 gpu, but gpu budget for 2 or one of em is $200 i found one for $100

2.USD

3.Micro center near me, i just wanted to pair my dads system from 2013 with a gpu, he bought a hp prebuilt from 2013, and came with no gpu, so im thinking that something from the time might help me, he does 3d projects for work

[eeeee1]

Just now, ComputerBuilder said:

1. i literally might go 1 gpu, but gpu budget for 2 or one of em is $200 i found one for $100

2.USD

3.Micro center near me, i just wanted to pair my dads system from 2013 with a gpu, he bought a hp prebuilt from 2013, and came with no gpu, so im thinking that something from the time might hel me, he does 3d projects for work

specs of the workstation? are you sure you can't go anything newer? you are still going to need to go second hand ofc

[FakeFBI]

 

1 minute ago, eeeee1 said:

specs of the workstation? are you sure you can't go anything newer? you are still going to need to go second hand ofc

i was interested in them, the specs are 

amd quad core a-10 5800k

a random hp air fan

no gpu

16gb of ddr3-1600 ram

2tb 6gb/s sata hdd

 

[Vishera]

5 minutes ago, eeeee1 said:

1. i literally might go 1 gpu, but gpu budget for 2 or one of em is $200 i found one for $100

For $200 you can get a brand new GTX 1660 Super which is significantly more powerful than a single R9 290X.

 

Edit:@eeeee1 sorry for the quote,it's a bug in the forum.

[FakeFBI]

1 minute ago, Vishera said:

For $200 you can get a brand new GTX 1660 Super which is significantly more powerful than a single R9 290X.

i just relaized, for $200 i can get a 1060 or something

[Vishera]

2 minutes ago, ComputerBuilder said:

i just relaized, for $200 i can get a 1060 or something

The 1660 Super is more powerful!

And the 1060 is worth around $120~$150 and is as powerful as a 290X...

[FakeFBI]

buuuuuuuuuuuut i got my dads hp pro, soooooo i feel like a 1060 might bottleneck a bit too much, but not

[FakeFBI]

Just now, Vishera said:

A 1660 Super is more powerful!

And the 1060 is worth around $120~$150 and is as powerful as a 290X...

that is the dumbest thing ive heard, a r9 290 is released in 2013, 1060 is like 2017 or something, plus the hp pro has a a10-5800k

[Coolmaster]

Just now, ComputerBuilder said:

buuuuuuuuuuuut i got my dads hp pro, soooooo i feel like a 1060 might bottleneck a bit too much, but not

Why would you get a worse card for the same price even if it bottlenecks, you don't lose performance, you just don't use the full potential of that component.

[Coolmaster]

Just now, ComputerBuilder said:

that is the dumbest thing ive heard, a r9 290 is released in 2013, 1060 is like 2017 or something, plus the hp pro has a a10-5800k

The age of a card doesn't determine its performance. The 1060 does have similar performance to a 290X

[FakeFBI]

ok then, but im now worried if a a10-5800k might bottleneck a 1660 super, its a a10-5800k

[Vishera]

Just now, ComputerBuilder said:

buuuuuuuuuuuut i got my dads hp pro, soooooo i feel like a 1060 might bottleneck a bit too much, but not

Everything made in the last 5 years will bottleneck the A10 5800K,

It's a terrible CPU.

[eeeee1]

10 minutes ago, Vishera said:

For $200 you can get a brand new GTX 1660 Super which is significantly more powerful than a single R9 290X.

 

Edit:@eeeee1 sorry for the quote,it's a bug in the forum.

haha no worries. and i do agree. 

[Coolmaster]

24 minutes ago, ComputerBuilder said:

ok then, but im now worried if a a10-5800k might bottleneck a 1660 super, its a a10-5800k

Even if it bottlenecks it, there's no reason to go for the worse card.

[FakeFBI]

53 minutes ago, Coolmaster said:

Even if it bottlenecks it, there's no reason to go for the worse card.

welp, i guess, i still could rather have something from the time, idk man, what option would bottleneck the least, i dont want my dads cooler like BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrr

[Vishera]

49 minutes ago, ComputerBuilder said:

idk man, what option would bottleneck the least, i dont want my dads cooler like BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrr

Any card you choose will do that,even my old FX 8320E@ 4.3GHz that is significantly better is bottlenecked by every GPU i throw on it  - new and old alike.

My old R9 380 - which is weaker than all of the GPUs mentioned on this thread,is bottlenecked by that overclocked FX 8320E.

Considering that even an "8 core" FX processor is bottlenecked hard in many modern games,that poor "4 core" Athlon will have it worse.

 

For example in Assassin's Creed Odyssey i got 20 FPS average in some areas in the game while with my 2600 i get more than 100 FPS.

[FakeFBI]

tbh now, intergrated grpahics is better

[FakeFBI]

2 minutes ago, Vishera said:

Any card you choose will do that,even my old FX 8320E@ 4.3GHz that is significantly better is bottlenecked by every GPU i throw on it  - new and old alike.

My old R9 380 - which is weaker than all of the GPUs mentioned on this thread,is bottlenecked by that overclocked FX 8320E.

Considering that even an "8 core" FX processor is bottlenecked hard in many modern games,that poor "4 core" Athlon will have it worse.

 

For example in Assassin's Creed Odyssey i got 20 FPS average in some areas in the game while with my 2600 i get more than 100 FPS.

welp idk guys, what should i buy and put in system

[Vishera]

Just now, ComputerBuilder said:

welp idk guys, what should i buy and put in system

I think you should reconsider that route,i had rather buy a Ryzen APU than get stuck with that terrible CPU.

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Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$99.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M DS3H V2 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$64.99 @ Newegg
Memory	ADATA XPG Z1 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory	$51.49 @ Amazon
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