r9 270 crossfire

[Pandora]

so my friend has a system he built a while back it has a athalon 860k and an r9 270. i am planning on giving him my spare r9 270 later this year so he can cross fire it. how do i address the micro stuttering and such that comes along with that? i want him to have as smooth of an experience as posable. he doesn't have really any money to spend on the system but i may have spare parts and such i can give him. 

[thekeemo]

drivers

[Swndlr]

if i were you id just sell them both, then he can just buy a better single card because tbh theres not much point in xfiring 2 mid-low end gpu's

[dark_globe]

does his motherboard support crossfire ?
but even if the answer is yes his cpu will be a bottleneck for couple of 270s .
it would also be good to know what power supply he has .

[EvilWiffles]

I never had any issues with CFX. I get about the same performance as any top end card (R9 290 or somewhat close to GTX 970)

[Pandora]

if i were you id just sell them both, then he can just buy a better single card because tbh theres not much point in xfiring 2 mid-low end gpu's

i thought that would be the best route. 

 

does his motherboard supports crossfire ?

but even if the answer is yes his cpu will be a bottleneck for couple of 270s .

it would also be good to know what power supply he has .

yes the mother board does support xfire. honnestly its hard to find an atx board that dosent anymore

he has a cx600 or whatever

[dark_globe]

cx 600 is a mediocre unit , but it is cabable to handle two r9 270s .
however it would be better to buy stronger single video card as mentioned above .

[Pandora]

selling both how much should i expect to get for them? i doubt i could get 150 for both at this point

[Pandora]

or would it be better to sell one of them along with the athalon and mobo and get him an i5 4460 and xxxx brand h97 board?