Mixing cards

Sirkingjamz · February 28, 2016

Hello,

I just bought a MSI R9 380 OC 4Gb gpu.

I was wondering if I were to mix it with a cheaper but with in budget R9 370 4Gb or even a 280 4Gb. Would that necessarily be a bad thing? I cant remember who's the one with a wide customizability and the one that locks gpu to gpu. I think it's Nvidia that locks gpu 2 gpu if I'm not mistaken.

Also what do you think the average fps I would achevie running these 2 cards? On say gtav, the siege, cities, Witcher 3, bf:hl

Right now with one I get about 40-45 fps on ultra 1080p.

Any thoughts and help, ideas and rants are welcome. I just need all advise before I fork out another $200-350 on a decent crossfire (I'm not rich or sponsored like some ;))

Thanks! Cheers.

shadowbyte · February 28, 2016

you can put an r9 285 and r9 380 in crossfire

but not a 280x and a 380

or a 370 and 380

Matty2hatty · February 28, 2016

Just buy another 380….

JJBtch4EXG · February 28, 2016

Yeah in any cross fire or sli config it's best for similar cards. Crossfire will down clock to slowest card unless that has changed. More of an sli and nvidia guy.