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SLI/Crossfire vs Single GPU

CoolZakCZ
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The title says it all. Which would you guys say is better? I have a budget of $350 for the GPU(s).

 

- One GeForce GTX 970

- One R9 390

- Two GeForce GTX 960

- Two GeForce GTX 750Ti (Edit: Oops, you can't SLI 750Ti's :P)

- Two R9 270X

 

 

If you don't agree with any of these, I'm open to suggestions as long as they fit in my budget! :)

Thanks in advance for the help!

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One R9 390 gives you the option to crossfire later down the road and it has 8GB of Vram.

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One powerful card is the more ideal solution. No need to deal with SLI/Crossfire profiles or multi-GPU bugs.

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one r9 390

 

less isues and headaches and more VRAM

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The Striker i5 4590 @ 3.7 ||  MSI GTX 980 Armor X2 || Corsair RMX 750 || Team Elite Plus 8 GB || Define S || MSI Z97S SLI Krait

The Office PC i3 4160 @ 3.6 || Intel 4600 || EVGA 500B || G.Skill 8 GB || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M Pro4

The Friend PC G3258 @ 4.3 || Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X || EVGA 600B || 8 GB Dell Ram || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M- iTX/ac

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The title says it all. Which would you guys say is better? I have a budget of $350 for the GPU(s).

 

- One GeForce GTX 970

- One R9 390

- Two GeForce GTX 960

- Two GeForce GTX 750Ti

- Two R9 270X

 

 

If you don't agree with any of these, I'm open to suggestions as long as they fit in my budget! :)

Thanks in advance for the help!

You cant SLI 750TIs

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The title says it all. Which would you guys say is better? I have a budget of $350 for the GPU(s).

In that case I'd go with the single 390

If you budget is more in the 600 dollar range, then it becomes a major question of weather to get a 980ti or crossfire 390s

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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