Upgrade or crossfire?

[jnmbhj]

I am currently using the 7970 ghz but I am not sure if i should sell the 7970 ghz and get a different card or should I buy a 280x to crossfire? Budget of around $250. I will to start recording some BF4 videos in 1080p in 60fps. 

[LeKnightHawk]

Are the R9 cards and the 7000 series cards crossfire compatible? ( I was looking into doing this as well.)

[QuadNine]

It depends If BF4 benefits from the Crossfire, other than that the 7970 is a great card, I personally would go with the crossfire

[Crowes]

I've got an R9 260X, and I just know I'm going to have to upgrade in a year or so (after I've got around to playing all the game I like and can run with the card). This is a question I've been wanting to ask, too. Do I upgrade to an R9 [something] or do I just get another 260X and SLI? (Yes, I have all the support for it).

[QuadNine]

Are the R9 cards and the 7000 series cards crossfire compatible? ( I was looking into doing this as well.)

Yea as long as they have the same archetecture

[Sumsar]

CROSSFIAH is the way to go m8

[jnmbhj]

Yes the 7970 ghz will crossfire with the 280x without a problem but I aren't amd notorious for having crossfire issues in game?  

[LabRat]

every time I cross-fired or sli-ed it was never worth it. wait until next year and buy a NEW card ( DX12 ) from your side of choice. it'll probably be faster or close to it as xfire would be ( without the associated problems ), run cooler and cost about the same or less as you paid for your 7970. ( i use the 270x as reference. i paid 270 U.S. for a 6950 2gig card and got twice the performance for 200 dollars running a 270x ).

 

and I have to edit.......... get 3 or 4gigs of vram on your next card. you'll probably end up keeping your next card for a lot of years ( games are getting hungry ) and somewhere along the lines you will upgrade your monitor ( again, needing more vram ) ( high res )

[Tacitus]

The crossfire setup would be excellent; no single card can match 280x crossfire in terms of power.

[LeKnightHawk]

Can this gpu : http://www.amazon.com/GDDR5-technology-Graphics-Cards-HD7770-2GD5/dp/B0088PK040/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1416864004&sr=8-2

be crossfired with this gpu?: http://www.amazon.com/Asus-R9270-DC2OC-2GD5-ASUS-Graphics-Cards/dp/B00GWV0ZD8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1416864075&sr=8-2&keywords=asus+270x

 

Yea as long as they have the same archetecture

[Crowes]

If two processors have the same graphics processor (whether anything else be different- size, name, brand, whatever), they can be crossfired/SLId.

 

Here's one of Linus' old videos, and I mean old old.

 

[QuadNine]

Can this gpu : http://www.amazon.com/GDDR5-technology-Graphics-Cards-HD7770-2GD5/dp/B0088PK040/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1416864004&sr=8-2

be crossfired with this gpu?: http://www.amazon.com/Asus-R9270-DC2OC-2GD5-ASUS-Graphics-Cards/dp/B00GWV0ZD8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1416864075&sr=8-2&keywords=asus+270x

No it cant, The 7770 is a Cape Verde card and the r9 270 is a curacao card

[JB780]

I used to crossfire, but then I got sick of stuttering, flickering and crashing so I upgraded to a single GPU and couldn't be happier. I can actually read the menus in Shadow Of Mordor now!

Avoid crossfire if possible is my opinion.