Two R7 250 or a R7 360

[DenoCrafter]

I have an APU system now and I want to get more performance. Now should I get 2 R7 250 to run in CrossFire and Dual Graphics or a single R7 360 and disable the Radeon Cores in my APU?

[79wjd]

A single r7 360.

[nekogod]

I concur with the single card recommendation, not all applications and games can take advantage of dual cards and you generally only get about 170% vs the single card.

 

A single more powerful card therefor generally performs better, uses less power and is more compatible.

[Aereldor]

You could probably run the Radeon cores in your APU with the single R7 360. However, I strongly advise against crossfiring low-end GPUs when a single more powerful option is available.

[79wjd]

1 hour ago, Aereldor said:

You could probably run the Radeon cores in your APU with the single R7 360. However, I strongly advise against crossfiring low-end GPUs when a single more powerful option is available.

The r7 250 is the most powerful supported gpu for dual graphics.

[Aereldor]

46 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

The r7 250 is the most powerful supported gpu for dual graphics.

Way to sell those low-end cards, AMD.

In all seriousness, you'll probably still be better off with an R7 360, although you should try to shell for a GTX 750 Ti or an R7 370 4GB.

[79wjd]

20 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

Way to sell those low-end cards, AMD.

In all seriousness, you'll probably still be better off with an R7 360, although you should try to shell for a GTX 750 Ti or an R7 370 4GB.

The 360 is no question the better option -- it's faster than dual graphics and it's a single card solution (dual graphics is basically never the answer). A 750Ti would be a good option due to less driver overhead (considering the weak cpu he has), but is likely out of budget -- and the 4gb variants aren't really worth paying extra for (if they cost more than a couple dollars more) due to the fact that the cards lack the power to push settings high enough to need more than 2gb. 

[AIJ]

Here's a protip for you: always get the highest gpu you can, THAN sli or xfire that later, as some games don't even support multi graphics