Crossfire or nah?

[Totally-A-Hero]

So i recently picked up a refurbed HD 7870 Ghz for $120.I know that 1 card is always better but i can pick another one up for the same price is it worth it?I mean for $240 i get something that performs simialar to a 290.And when the GEN of cards come out i could sell these for like $100 each and pick up a 390 (assuming they call it that.)

[mapegl]

I would usually say: Don't do it. But for that kinda money...why not. Should be worth it.

[Faceman]

So i recently picked up a refurbed HD 7870 Ghz for $120.I know that 1 card is always better but i can pick another one up for the same price is it worth it?I mean for $240 i get something that performs simialar to a 290.And when the GEN of cards come out i could sell these for like $100 each and pick up a 390 (assuming they call it that.)

See what the performance is like with one, if you are not satisfied, get a 2nd.

[Totally-A-Hero]

See what the performance is like with one, if you are not satisfied, get a 2nd.

will do after reading benchmarks and watching gameplay it seems like it wil perform BF4 on high with 70 ish FPS.

[Totally-A-Hero]

But i would assume it will get like 90 ish CFX for 120 bucks 20 frames is nice and other games it will do better.

[Staggers]

Crossfire is great, but you need to weigh up whether the upgrade is worth it. If you are getting acceptable performance with one card, the upgrade is probably not worth it (save yourself a few dollars). There is no frame pacing support for Directx 9.x (as far as I'm aware) so you will see some stuttering in old games using Crossfire.

 

If you feel you need more performance then by all means go for it. New titles play very well and you will see a nice performance improvement.