280x CF or 970?

[jnmbhj]

Why are you talking about gaming performance when an 8350 will bottleneck two 280X's in most games. Also not sure why you're bumping a thread almost a month old.

The main reason why I posted this thread in the first place is to get an opinion on running a 280x CF or 970 the majority of the people said 280x CF if you have the power and good air flow. Then I got another 280x (7970 ghz) and put them in crossfire and I saw no gain at all but rather I saw a loss in performance at 1080p. Just letting you know that, that was not the case.

[Aniallation]

The main reason why I posted this thread in the first place is to get an opinion on running a 280x CF or 970 the majority of the people said 280x CF if you have the power and good air flow. Then I got another 280x (7970 ghz) and put them in crossfire and I saw no gain at all but rather I saw a loss in performance at 1080p. Just letting you know that, that was not the case.

Then you should probably make another thread asking why, because I tried CF many times and have never had performance in games decrease.

[i_build_nanosuits]

The main reason why I posted this thread in the first place is to get an opinion on running a 280x CF or 970 the majority of the people said 280x CF if you have the power and good air flow. Then I got another 280x (7970 ghz) and put them in crossfire and I saw no gain at all but rather I saw a loss in performance at 1080p. Just letting you know that, that was not the case.

monitor your GPU loads...at 1080p the FX CPU even highly overclocked will have a hard time feeding a single 280X in many games...throwing in another card won't really improve your performance and if it induce micro-stuttering on top of that then yes its quite possible that it would be even worst than a single card mate...i'm sorry i would have told you this but i missed your post when you came in a month ago..

[jnmbhj]

Then you should probably make another thread asking why, because I tried CF many times and have never had performance in games decrease.

Its a heavy CPU bottleneck I asked here and on the AMD forums I got the same response 

[i_build_nanosuits]

Its a heavy CPU bottleneck I asked here and on the AMD forums I got the same response 

unfortunately the FX CPU's are old now and they are slow for gaming...even with a crazy overclock they just fall short.

A single R9 280X is really the max that should be paired with such a CPU for 1080p gaming.

I had an FX-8320@4.6ghz beginning this year with my newly bought GTX780 and i was getting the same problem of GPU laod all over the place and performance below average i had to upgrade...want me to suggest something that wont bottleneck your card for a good price...you could sell your AMD stuff online to fund it...do you happen to leave near a microcenter or able to drive to one?

 

man it hurts seing that you have a sabertooth motherboard on top of that...my suggestion would not have that nice of a motherboard of course...

[jnmbhj]

unfortunately the FX CPU's are old now and they are slow for gaming...even with a crazy overclock they just fall short.

A single R9 280X is really the max that should be paired with such a CPU for 1080p gaming.

I had an FX-8320@4.6ghz beginning this year with my newly bought GTX780 and i was getting the same problem of GPU laod all over the place and performance below average i had to upgrade...want me to suggest something that wont bottleneck your card for a good price...you could sell your AMD stuff online to fund it...do you happen to leave near a microcenter or able to drive to one?

 

man it hurts seing that you have a sabertooth motherboard on top of that...my suggestion would not have that nice of a motherboard of course...

I do have a microcenter that I can drive to I drove to microcenter on black friday looking to maybe sell my 7970ghz or a 8350 and they said they are not accepting used items. But yes I am really looking into something that will not bottleneck my GPUs. I saw on microcenter that they have a deal for a 4790k + asus Z97 AR for $350. But I would like your take on it

[i_build_nanosuits]

I do have a microcenter that I can drive to I drove to microcenter on black friday looking to maybe sell my 7970ghz or a 8350 and they said they are not accepting used items. But yes I am really looking into something that will not bottleneck my GPUs. I saw on microcenter that they have a deal for a 4790k + asus Z97 AR for $350. But I would like your take on it

that's exactly what i was about to suggest...it's a good motherboard and of course top of the line CPU for gaming...if you can afford it i would go for it it's an awesome deal...

they also have a similar kit with the 4690K for a little less if you want to shave a few bucks but in the long run i can see the 70$ for the 4790K being a good long term investment honestly...even for just gaming.

 

Both of these kit won't limit the performance of your GPU's even at 1080p.

[Demozwolf]

I do have a microcenter that I can drive to I drove to microcenter on black friday looking to maybe sell my 7970ghz or a 8350 and they said they are not accepting used items. But yes I am really looking into something that will not bottleneck my GPUs. I saw on microcenter that they have a deal for a 4790k + asus Z97 AR for $350. But I would like your take on it

Thats a good deal