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noob to crossfireing

TheReven
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My orginal card is no longer for sale .. and well they have the same looking one thats a r9 290x can you crossfire them both.. ? also I get the feeling I need to upgrade my PSU also for this any recommendations? 

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You'd need an 850W branded PSU to crossfire.

 

And yes you should be able to crossfire 2 different brands, as long as they're the same model you should have no problem.

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I think cross firing a 290 with 290x will cause the "x" version to down clock to 290 speed

Performance is still pretty good though, check the spreadsheet I started for LTT 3DMark:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wfTuNqlUuutM96kxHY5FBh1LOzF18MdMlt6_u8uvSYc/pubhtml

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Performance is still pretty good though, check the spreadsheet I started for LTT 3DMark:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wfTuNqlUuutM96kxHY5FBh1LOzF18MdMlt6_u8uvSYc/pubhtml

For sure it wouldn't be a problem, just noteworthy, cool thread btw :)

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