To stay with Crossfire or to Upgrade

[banano]

i got 2 ASUS AMD Radeon HD7850 

and My friend is willing to sell me his Sapphire R9-290 for a Very cheap Price

The question is whether I should upgrade at all?

 In addition his card is Loud should the R9-290 Be so loud 

[Katsu-K1L]

if it's a reference card then my advice is not to buy it.

[Tea1337]

If the r9-290 is running the reference cooler, I would suggest watercooling it if you do buy it. 

[ExcitezR]

yea i would go with the 290 and why is he selling it so cheap has he been mining with it ?

[banano]

if it's a reference card then my advice is not to buy it.

it is the reference cooler 

 

yea i would go with the 290 and why is he selling it so cheap has he been mining with it ?

No he is selling the card because it is so loud

 

is the 290 so much Better then 2 ASUS AMD Radeon HD7850 crossfire

[ExcitezR]

it is the reference cooler 

 

No he is selling the card because it is so loud

 

is the 290 so much Better then 2 ASUS AMD Radeon HD7850 crossfire

it would probably be the same but not all game support crossfire so if you can't play a game at the moment see if it supports crossfire if it does get another 7850 if not get the 290 and watercool it  

[banano]

it would probably be the same but not all game support crossfire so if you can't play a game at the moment see if it supports crossfire if it does get another 7850 if not get the 290 and watercool it  

I already have two 7850 And I can not get water cooling for it in my Country

[ExcitezR]

I already have two 7850 And I can not get water cooling for it in my Country

can you put up with the noise then if yes then get the 290... or you could get the 290 sell it and get a aftermarket one but i do think that you should get the 290

[banano]

can you put up with the noise then if yes then get the 290... or you could get the 290 sell it and get a aftermarket one but i do think that you should get the 290

 

I think I'll stay with my 7850 for now

I can still run

 BF4 - 1080p Ultra Settings (Mantle) 80-100FPS

and 

BF4 - 1080p Low-Medium Settings, 200fps capped

ty

[I/O]

I think I'll stay with my 7850 for now

I can still run

 BF4 - 1080p Ultra Settings (Mantle) 80-100FPS

and 

BF4 - 1080p Low-Medium Settings, 200fps capped

ty

Wow Mantle is a beast !

[banano]

Wow Mantle is a beast !

yes but i also get good fps on dx 

BF4 - 1080p Ultra Settings (DX) 50-60FPS

BF4 Settings

[I/O]

yes but i also get good fps on dx 

BF4 - 1080p Ultra Settings (DX) 50-60FPS

BF4 Settings

Looks smoother under Mantle. 30fps is also a huge gain in performance.