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Im planning to build a rig with a r9 280x 3gb card and i was wondering if dow the road i upgraded to a 4k monitor if it could handle it or if it would be worth to crossfire it ?

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probably crossfire it first. then you will be fine. :)

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Definitely Crossfire it. I don't think 3 GB would be enough for 4K.

 

Crossfire doesn't add more vram if that's what you're getting at.

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Even if you crossfire, you fps will still be below 60fps...

Get at least a 290 and add a second in the future for 4k.

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I agree, with the 280x @ 4K you'd be pushing lower details then you'd want to keep the FPS closer to 50fps+

2x280x would be pretty pleasing.

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Even if you crossfire, you fps will still be below 60fps...

Get at least a 290 and add a second in the future for 4k.

just to add on

 

290s X-Fire running 4K ultra res with AA only nets around 30+fps

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just to add on

 

290s X-Fire running 4K ultra res with AA only nets around 30+fps

Yes, that is why you turn off AA to barely just get to 60fps, some times not even.

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Crossfire doesn't add more vram if that's what you're getting at.

no but u have a second card with 3gb each so in total u have 6gb
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With no AA (which who needs that at 4K) 3GB is plenty

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That may be true but on PaulsHardware's benchmarks the minimum framerates on the 780Ti were like 2-3FPS because of VRAM bottlenecks.

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