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My mate has 2x Sapphire Dual X 7970's in CF and runs everything maxed at 1080p. It a great set-up and I am quite jealous haha. 

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I would say its better to get an 290/x instead of crossfire 280x.

You get a performance increase and if you need more power down the line get another one

But if you are getting another 280x i would get a EVGA psu

Nvidia is to Dr Dre Beets as AMD is to KFC.

One makes you broke, the other you can get more of and have a midnight snack from the fridge when hungry again. Once you go Nvidia, you go broked, turn into an Elitist, or get the incorrect amount of VRAM.


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My mate has 2x Sapphire Dual X 7970's in CF and runs everything maxed at 1080p. It a great set-up and I am quite jealous haha. 

I just wish the drivers were better, and certain games didn't nerf it. I mean with CF in AC4 before certain patches I got he same fps with min 480p and high settings 1080p. That's obv bs. 

I'm probably going NVIDIA for my next build, but I can't say that I wont do AMD again. It's A LOT better than xfire used to be, and it's improving. 

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I just wish the drivers were better, and certain games didn't nerf it. I mean with CF in AC4 before certain patches I got he same fps with min 480p and high settings 1080p. That's obv bs. 

I'm probably going NVIDIA for my next build, but I can't say that I wont do AMD again. It's A LOT better than xfire used to be, and it's improving. 

The drivers are fine now? he doesn't have driver issues, just most games ubisolft make are unoptimized pos console ports. AMD CF drivers are good now. 

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The drivers are fine now? he doesn't have driver issues, just most games ubisolft make are unoptimized pos console ports. AMD CF drivers are good now. 

I have had nothing but driver issues with the last two xfire setups I've done. With single cards it's usually smooth with very occasional huge issues.

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I have had nothing but driver issues with the last two xfire setups I've done. With single cards it's usually smooth with very occasional huge issues.

How long ago and what cards?

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How long ago and what cards?

dual 7870s and before that dual 6970ms on a laptop. The latter is just a nightmare half the time. I feel that for less trouble shooting adept users it's a huge issue. Once it works, it's great. Most games have minimal or no microstuttering. 

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dual 7870s and before that dual 6970ms on a laptop. The latter is just a nightmare half the time. I fell that for less trouble shooting adept users it's a huge issue. Once it works, it's great. Most games have minimal or no microstuttering. 

Fair enough well his rig is running 7970's in CF right now and don't seem to have an issue (probably because the cards are more powerful in general). Driver support has definitely been a lot better. 

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Fair enough well his rig is running 7970's in CF right now and don't seem to have an issue (probably because the cards are more powerful in general). Driver support has definitely been a lot better. 

After 12 and 13 the drivers have really started ironing out the issues. 

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After 12 and 13 the drivers have really started ironing out the issues. 

Yeah thats why I say it would be a good idea to CF his 280x's. 

PC: Corsair C70 Arctic, FX 9370, Corsair H80i, Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3, Corsair Vengence 16gb, Palit JetStream GTX 970, OCZ Vertex 4 128gb and Western Digital Blue 1Tb + 500gb, Antec Gamer 520w

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