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Crossfire 1 R9 290 With R9 390

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Hello,

after much searching und thinking, i have still no answer for the topic question.

Can i crossfire a Sapphire R9 290 Vapor (My old card)

with a Sapphire R9 390 Nitro

without problems?

Maybe a bit backgroud story: One of my Vapor died and i got a bit money back for it. Now i cant live without higher  resolutions and want this performence back^^

First i wanted a new secound Vapor, but i cant find a new one in my trusted shops...

 

 

My rig:

I7 5820K @ 4,4Ghz 4,4Ghz Cache

Asus 99-A Motherboard

Super Flower Leadex 80 Plus Platinum 1200W

 

Hope someone can help me with this miracle!

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AFAIK you are able to crossfire them but the R9 390 will run at the speed of the R9 290 and will effectively only have 4GB of VRAM... so it's only really like having 2x R9 290s

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Searched so much sides and didnt found this.... lol Thx ;)

 

When i got the Card, i will post some 3DMark Results!

 

BTW wich order would be better.. first the 390 or the 290... I think 390 would be better.. hhmmmm

 

For sure i will overclock both cards. The Vapor runs @ 1100/1500. Not much but enough for the moment

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Hello,

after much searching und thinking, i have still no answer for the topic question.

Can i crossfire a Sapphire R9 290 Vapor (My old card)

with a Sapphire R9 390 Nitro

without problems?

Maybe a bit backgroud story: One of my Vapor died and i got a bit money back for it. Now i cant live without higher  resolutions and want this performence back^^

First i wanted a new secound Vapor, but i cant find a new one in my trusted shops...

 

 

My rig:

I7 5820K @ 4,4Ghz 4,4Ghz Cache

Asus 99-A Motherboard

Super Flower Leadex 80 Plus Platinum 1200W

 

Hope someone can help me with this miracle!

Short answer: Yes

Long answer: AMD allows crossfire on any cards with same architecture. In your case Hawaii (290, 290x, 295x2, 390, 390x)

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