SLI or Single powerful GPU

[GT1994]

Im planing on buying a graphics card here soon and i plan on paying about 250 ... i was wondering if buy two card to SLI or buy a single powerful card...

[Oshino Shinobu]

Single card.

[Worth]

You wouldn't want to SLI to $125 cards anyway so single card

[Jodomcfrodo]

ALWAYS SINGLE CARD

[Aniallation]

Im planing on buying a graphics card here soon and i plan on paying about 250 ... i was wondering if buy two card to SLI or buy a single powerful card...

If you're paying 250, get one single card

 

IT'S NOT ALWAYS SINGLE CARD THAT'S BETTER. It's when you get into around ~400-500 territory that two cards become more beneficial then one card (i.e. two 760's vs one 780 Ti) if you don't care about power or heat.

[Clyne]

single r9 280 or if you can spend a bit more then r9 280x

[GT1994]

what would you you recomend me buying for 250$

[GT1994]

thanks for the advice im definitely buying a single card.. 

[Aniallation]

what would you you recomend me buying for 250$

If you can spend a bit more then get the R9 280

 

Welcome to Linus Tech Tips by the way!

[GT1994]

how much more?

[Aniallation]

how much more?

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[legend8887]

One or two high-end cards.

[GT1994]

l

 

If you're in America then get this hands down http://pcpartpicker.com/mr/newegg/sapphire-video-card-100363l

im definitly geting this next paycheck

[miyabwah]

Get the most high end card you can and SLI/CFX later

[TheRagingGamer]

Im planing on buying a graphics card here soon and i plan on paying about 250 ... i was wondering if buy two card to SLI or buy a single powerful card...

depends very much 

[ilikemacandpc]

Single card. 

[Infamous2117]

Just for an example...

 

My brother owns a single r9 280x

 

I have x2 7950's  oc w boost edtion in crossfire, we both have the exact same bf4 config files capping it at just under 60fps, same ultra settings.

 

My brothers single card never dips below 55fps. My crossfire 7950's will drop down to 45 at lowest during heavy firefights on ultra settings, especially on dawnbreaker for some reason...

 

Before anybody tells me its a heating issue my cards never go above 55-60c and my cpu is liquid cooled at 4.2ghz

 

That being said some games arent very well optimized for crossfire and i believe this is the case with bf4 because other games like warframe for example do really well with crossfire.

 

In future i would just kick in the extra bucks for a single decent card.