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I was thinking about buying another AMD 7870 and running it in crossfire, but is it really worth it? Will i see a decent performance boost and will it increase the longevity of my PC? Any thoughts are appreciated! 

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I'd say, sell your current card and get a 7970 or wait for the 200 series.

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I was thinking about buying another AMD 7870 and running it in crossfire, but is it really worth it? Will i see a decent performance boost and will it increase the longevity of my PC? Any thoughts are appreciated! 

 

if you were to ignore how bad Crossfire is overally, you still would need to ask yourself: do you really want to run 2x 7870 instead of buying a new GPU? Let's say you have a good power supply (600-700w bronze +)... do you have a PC that can actually run crossfire? And can it run crossfire well (what's your CPU)?

 

So many questions :)

 

I'd get a new GPU.

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if you were to ignore how bad Crossfire is overally, you still would need to ask yourself: do you really want to run 2x 7870 instead of buying a new GPU? Let's say you have a good power supply (600-700w bronze +)... do you have a PC that can actually run crossfire? And can it run crossfire well (what's your CPU)?

 

So many questions :)

 

I'd get a new GPU.

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So i should just sell the card i'm running now and get a higher end single solution or just hold out till the new GPU's are released?

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CASE: Zalman z11 plus

PSU: Corsair TX 750w

MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte z77x-d3h

CPU: Intel core I5 3570k @4.40ghz

GPU: Vtx 3d Radeon HD 7870 (Tahiti)

OPTICAL DRIVE: LG 24x

RAM: 8gb Corsair Vengeance @1600mhz 

CPU COOLER: Corsair H60 2013 Edition

STORAGE: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm Drive, 64gb Adata SSD

OS: Windows 7 64bit

MOUSE: Logitech G400 

KEYBOARD: Logitech K120 ( Hopefully upgrading soon )

 

 

A fine system. Go ahead and get a second one if you feel like having dual GPU system that will not match a single GTX 780 (and likely, a single 9970 or whateva is the name of it). I would wait for new GPUs.

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get an ares 2 if you can.

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I'd say, sell your current card and get a 7970 or wait for the 200 series.

The 200 series??

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So i should just sell the card i'm running now and get a higher end single solution or just hold out till the new GPU's are released?

If you really want an amd card then I think it's best to get it now because the prices are really good (before the next gen launches). A better single gpu config is the way to go.

Amd did bring out drivers to fix the microstuttering for 2 way crossfire but I don't think it's perfect yet.

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Naa, sell up and go 760 SLi.

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The 200 series??

You mean, wait for 9xxx series @CoolBeans #coolbeans @coolpotatoes @CoolBeanslikepotatoes @cool9xxxseriesbeans

No, I mean the R9/R8-200 series, that is the new name for the 9000 series.

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Why would you sell and then go 2 low/mid end cards?

Because 2 mid range>high end x1

 

And because i am talking shit why?

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CASE: Zalman z11 plus

PSU: Corsair TX 750w

MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte z77x-d3h

CPU: Intel core I5 3570k @4.40ghz

GPU: Vtx 3d Radeon HD 7870 (Tahiti)

OPTICAL DRIVE: LG 24x

RAM: 8gb Corsair Vengeance @1600mhz 

CPU COOLER: Corsair H60 2013 Edition

STORAGE: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm Drive, 64gb Adata SSD

OS: Windows 7 64bit

MOUSE: Logitech G400 

KEYBOARD: Logitech K120 ( Hopefully upgrading soon )

actually since those are Tahiti cores I would pick up another XT card and OC the hell out of them. Be sure you buy a Tahiti 7870 and not a Pitcairn.

and I really doubt you will, but just in case, don't do this

Naa, sell up and go 760 SLi.

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Well hopefully the R200 series have hardware fix for frame pacing just like the Nvidia ones.

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actually since those are Tahiti cores I would pick up another XT card and OC the hell out of them.

and I really doubt you will, but just in case, don't do this

Yeah, i probably will get another 7870 xt then, and don't worry, i won't get 2 760's lol  :)

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Yeah but 2 cards can often run into issues in certain games that aren't optimized for it etc. It's a much simpler process running 1 card.

 

Also he already has one 7870, if he wanted to do dual cards he may aswell get a second and save a truckload. Hell, for the money of 2 760's he could get a 3rd 7870 if he wanted.

Well said!  :)

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Yeah but 2 cards can often run into issues in certain games that aren't optimized for it etc. It's a much simpler process running 1 card.

 

Also he already has one 7870, if he wanted to do dual cards he may aswell get a second and save a truckload. Hell, for the money of 2 760's he could get a 3rd 7870 if he wanted.

 

Hmm.... Crossfire frame pacing problems, then you go on to say get a 2nd 7870, i am being pedantic on the last part, but the first part counts :P

 

Grab a 770/780 if you want a single GPU upgrade.

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I meant that as in if he were to get a dual GPU setup at all then a 7870 xfire setup would be better in his case as he would save a ton and not lose out a great deal of performance in the process :)

Saving money is always a bonus, so yeah, i will probably go for a xfire setup! Thanks for all the input everyone! :)

Cheers  :D 

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