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I'm currently using 1 R9 270X to drive a 1440p display. Will another R9 270/270X with CrossFire get more performance, or should I just buy an R9 290/280X and use my current card to power my second monitor (which is currently powered by the APU)

 

[Please do not recommend me NVIDIA cards, because they're more expensive than their AMD counterpart in my country]

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How much VRAM does your 270x have?

 

2GB (GDDR5)

 

BTW, I understand that CrossFire/SLI does not increase VRAM

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2GB (GDDR5)

 

BTW, I understand that CrossFire/SLI does not increase VRAM

Good to know you understand that.

I think a higher end card would be better. Get a 290 and overclock it some?

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what do you play?

 

Minecraft with SUES-MotionBlur

 

But I'm planning to get some FPS that has a CrossFire profile

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YET

YET?

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Minecraft with SUES-MotionBlur

 

But I'm planning to get some FPS that has a CrossFire profile

Didn't realize you were playing Minecraft with shaders. Minecraft doesn't benefit from CrossFire AFAIK

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I'm currently using 1 R9 270X to drive a 1440p display. Will another R9 270/270X with CrossFire get more performance, or should I just buy an R9 290/280X and use my current card to power my second monitor (which is currently powered by the APU)

 

[Please do not recommend me NVIDIA cards, because they're more expensive than their AMD counterpart in my country]

On a 1440p monitor you should go with a 280x/290 just for the VRAM issue. 2GBs is just not going to cut it on that resolution if you ask me and even if you buy the second  270 you are probably going to run games on higher FPS, the VRAM will not be enough to pump the details and filters to high/ultra.

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YET?

Rumours of AMD finding a way to increase vram with crossfire.

 

I don't know much about it but says you had dual 270x, you would get 4GB instead of 2GB. Which is great for mid range crossfire.

 

Pretty useless for people with 290/x but extremely useful for people like you.

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Rumours of AMD finding a way to increase vram with crossfire.

 

I don't know much about it but says you had dual 270x, you would get 4GB instead of 2GB. Which is great for mid range crossfire.

 

Pretty useless for people with 290/x but extremely useful for people like you.

Yeah, quad 290X 8GB cards for 32GB VRAM O_O

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Rumours of AMD finding a way to increase vram with crossfire.

 

I don't know much about it but says you had dual 270x, you would get 4GB instead of 2GB. Which is great for mid range crossfire.

 

Pretty useless for people with 290/x but extremely useful for people like you.

thx for the news :)

 

Quad R9 295x2s = 32GB VRAM

 

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thx for the news :)

 

Quad R9 295x2s = 32GB VRAM

 

Doesnt work that way

U can only use dual 295X2s to give u 16GB 

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thx for the news :)

 

Quad R9 295x2s = 32GB VRAM

 

It's already a dual card so you can only run two of them at once.

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It's already a dual card so you can only run two of them at once.

Just saying xD

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Just saying xD

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The only useful purpose for that is mining, since the extra cards wll go to waste in gaming 

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Good luck Mining :D

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2GB (GDDR5)

 

BTW, I understand that CrossFire/SLI does not increase VRAM

Either get a 290X or wait for AMD's 3xx series to come out. They're supposed to kick ass.

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Either get a 290X or wait for AMD's 3xx series to come out. They're supposed to kick ass.

Yeah, HBM and am AIO watercooler integrated on the card 

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Pretty useless for people with 290/x but extremely useful for people like you.

 

Would be a nail in the coffin of the extortionate 8GB 290Xs though. And I'd be interested to see how 4K eyefinity in a game like Tomb Raider that can actually use 4 GPUs effectively would do if given stackable vram.

 

I'd be really interested in that, actually. Someone should make a Tomb Raider 4K surround/Eyefinity video.

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Would be a nail in the coffin of the extortionate 8GB 290Xs though. And I'd be interested to see how 4K eyefinity in a game like Tomb Raider that can actually use 4 GPUs effectively would do if given stackable vram.

 

I'd be really interested in that, actually. Someone should make a Tomb Raider 4K surround/Eyefinity video.

32GB of that tasty VRAM 

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