3 Way Radeon Fury X CrossFire Build (Maybe 4-Way)

[Austin Borg]

Hello, I know in 1440p NVIDIA leads by a few frames and I was gonna go with a 3-980 Ti build. I saw in a bunch of benchmarks that a single card NVIDIA leads but I'm looking multi card and that's where AMD leads. So, basically I need to find out which case do I need? Also do I go with a AMD Processor

Here's my build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HNjkrH

[Austin Borg]

In 4K .

[jamese669]

Hello, I know in 1440p NVIDIA leads by a few frames and I was gonna go with a 3-980 Ti build. I saw in a bunch of benchmarks that a single card NVIDIA leads but I'm looking multi card and that's where AMD leads. So, basically I need to find out which case do I need? Also do I go with a AMD Processor

Here's my build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HNjkrH

I guess for a case you need somthing big like a 900d or somthing like that somthing with enough radiator mounts for your fury x's

[rtpb5642]

AMD cpu for gaming at 4k? enjoy ur 5 fps

 

no amd cpu can handle 1 Fury X let alone 3

 

Get tripple 980ti, u need the VRAM

 

For the case: corsair 900D is nice or define s from fractal

[rtpb5642]

Please please please please research.

 

At 4K, the games are so GPU bound, it won't matter much what CPU you use. An 8 Core AMD CPU will be fine with the Fury at 4K. I can believe your statement for resolutions 1440p and under, but for 4K, it's perfectly viable.

an i5 doubled my fps from an 8350 so let alone with 3 graphics cards.

 

 

EDIT: ik it becomes more gpu bound at 4k but still its a damn HUGE bottleneck

[Thor829]

Pc per just did a very long study on this with a ton of cards and processors and shows the difference isn't nearly as big as we would think.

[rtpb5642]

You game at 1080p. It's a totally different ball game there

A bottleneck at 1080p is still going to be a bottleneck at 4k, not to mention the lack of PCIe lanes in an 8350

[Thor829]

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Systems/Quad-Core-Gaming-Roundup-How-Much-CPU-Do-You-Really-Need

 

Now this is just for single cards not multiple so you will run into more issues with pci-e lanes and what not.

[rtpb5642]

The PCIe lanes MAY, but the 8350 will be near identical to an i5 at 4K. It's not a huge bottleneck at such a high res

My 8350 also was a giant room heater so i see no reason to buy an 8350 even if it performs close to an i5 at 4k

8350 costs more to cool, makes more heat, uses more energy when OCed and OP needs 990FX which is more expensive than Z97. 

Why bother with an 8350 if an i5 is better cooler and cheaper?

[Thor829]

here's another one from tweak town about 4k. http://www.tweaktown.com/tweakipedia/56/amd-fx-8350-powering-gtx-780-sli-vs-gtx-980-sli-at-4k/index.html

[rtpb5642]

Now you're just making this an i5 vs 8350 thread, which I will stay away from. All I'm saying is at 4K, an AMD CPU is perfectly fine.

It not perfectly fine if it costs more and will be a bottleneck.

 

 

EDIT: Your consenting in the OP getting an 8350 over an i5 or i7 for tripple GPUs, it may not be as noticeable but there IS a bottleneck. Im trying to help the OP make a decision he will not regret by going intel and your saying an AMD cpu is perfectly fine

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crossfire-sli-scaling-bottleneck,3471-4.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crossfire-sli-scaling-bottleneck,3471-12.html

 

That shows a few years ago an 8350 will be causing 10+fps less than intel, now its 2015 and the OP will have this system for 2 years + probably, so do not advize someone by saying an AMD CPU is perfectly fine when it clearly is not.

[Austin Borg]

AMD cpu for gaming at 4k? enjoy ur 5 fps

no amd cpu can handle 1 Fury X let alone 3

Get tripple 980ti, u need the VRAM

For the case: corsair 900D is nice or define s from fractal

[Austin Borg]

[Austin Borg]

OKAY! WHICH CPU DO I GET?

[rtpb5642]

Firstly, I never recommended the 8350, I was just debunking your statement that the 8350 will be awful for 4K gaming which is not true at all.

 

Secondly, and yet again, those are 1080p benchmarks NOT 4K benchmarks. Find some 4K ones and then try and tell me that AMD is not good for 4K gaming.

 

Man, no offense or anything, but I feel like I'm talking to a wall right now.

ik those r 1080p but the same principal applies, there WILL be a bottleneck, just less of one at 4k

 

There may not be as much of a bottleneck with 4k but why would anyone spend more by going 8350 when an i5 will perform slightly better and cost less? 

[rtpb5642]

OKAY! WHICH CPU DO I GET?

i5 4690k or i7 4790k

[robinspi]

I would honestly go with triple r9 fury Xs and an Intel i5 or i7. If AMD themselves are putting an Intel i7 in their dual GPU project, then it would makes sense that you should follow. Plus, eventually there'll be games that will use the CPU too. So, Intel sounds good.

[VagabondWraith]

AMD CPU's are complete and utter shit compared to Intel i5/i7 for gaming. Even most i3's slaughter anything AMD has to offer. They're fine for consoles, not high-end PC gaming. And please only buy 2 GPU's of your choice. Going to 3 is also an utter waste and will see no practical benefit whatsoever.

[Zhuocheng]

I heard the Fury X scales exceptionally well in crossfire. I would go with a i7 and 3 fury Xs. 

[Austin Borg]

Thank you all, i know the AMD CPUs are shit but the Fury X beats off any Nvidia card once it goes into Crossfire against SLI, don't believe it? With DigitalStorm and other benchmarks for 4K

[kipper]

At 4k an 8350 will push 4 Fury's no problems with high AA, but Vram may become a problem, i would 980 Ti 4 way because 6GB.

[Lethal Seraph]

If you're spending that much on GPU, why not just get the best CPU then like 5960x?

[p5ych00n5]

At 4K, CF Furies actually beat out SLI Titans/980Ti, the (lack of) amount of Vram on the Fury X is negligible as the gigantic bandwidth of HBM more than makes up for that.

At 1080p or even 1440p the Fury X is rubbish compared to hell even a 970, but Fury X was designed for one thing 4K + and AMD have admitted that saying the X wasn't designed for 1080p.

If one wants 1080p or 1440p go one of the 300/980 or below series, I'd love to get a Fury X or multiples of, but I A) don't game that often and B) I won't be going 4K anytime soon so a 390X in crossfire will do me just fine.

[p5ych00n5]

If you're spending that much on GPU, why not just get the best CPU then like 5960x?

He might have to sell the Lambo to Linus to pay for it 

[Aphala]

Well in theory the scaling on Fury X is insane and with DX12 / Win 10 around the corner things could look up for AMD,

 

Wait until Windows 10 is officially released. But I am possibly getting a Fury X and maybe CF them if DX12 gives AMD a good boost.