2 x 470 vs Single 480

[FRN]

Just a thought. Which one do you think will perform better?

[Oshino Shinobu]

Unreleased card X vs unreleased card Y. Until we have proper benchmarks, our input is pretty much pointless. 

 

 

[vanished]

Maybe the 2x 470 will be slightly better, and so you can beat a 1080 with just 4x 470s  

/s

 

I'm not going to guess since personally I think it's just a bad idea.  The 480 is already a good "reasonable" card, and a crossfire option to compete with higher end ones.  I wouldn't start trying to match 480 performance with crossfired even weaker cards.

[ImBleu]

If it's anything like previous AMD and Nvidia releases, 2x GPU performs better than 1x GPU 1-tier-up. But Scaling and SLI/xfire isn't too good and you should always get 1 better gpu over 2 worse gpus.

[siberiansteel11]

I think two 470's would be faster although personally I really don't want multiple cards because of past issues. I'd get a single powerful card

[FRN]

2 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Maybe the 2x 470 will be slightly better, and so you can beat a 1080 with just 4x 470s  

Or go ahead and buy a 1080 since the 470 is assumed to $150. x 4 is 600. LOL.

[vanished]

1 minute ago, FRN said:

Or go ahead and buy a 1080 since the 470 is assumed to $150. x 4 is 600. LOL.

My point is that you should buy whatever level of performance you want, and then only start combining cards if you have to.  If I wanted a 1080, I would get that, not 2 480s.  If I wanted a 480, I would get that, not 2 470s.

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

3 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Maybe the 2x 470 will be slightly better, and so you can beat a 1080 with just 4x 470s  

/s

 

I'm not going to guess since personally I think it's just a bad idea.  The 480 is already a good "reasonable" card, and a crossfire option to compete with higher end ones.  I wouldn't start trying to match 480 performance with crossfired even weaker cards.

IT IS TIME AMD HAS ARISEN FROM THE PITS OF SUCKISH LAND

 

THE AMD RX SERIES WILL DESTORY NVIDIA IN EVERY SINGLE WAY AND AMD WITH DESTROY NVIDIA FOR YEARS TO COME

 

 

 

 

 

on a more real note @op you should probably wait until actual benchmarks come out

[Enderman]

1) wait until they exist

 

2) probably two 470s since they are only 1 tier below

 

3) multi-GPU configs are bad IMO and should not be used at all unless you already own the most powerful GPU and there isnt anything better (which in this case would be a 1080)

 

4) so get a 480

[The Realist]

3 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

My point is that you should buy whatever level of performance you want, and then only start combining cards if you have to.  If I wanted a 1080, I would get that, not 2 480s.  If I wanted a 480, I would get that, not 2 470s.

I personally would not recommend CF or SLI of 2 lower end cards to try to compete with a single higher card

CF/SLI Disadvantages :

1.Higher Wattage

2.More Heat

3.Compatibility

4.Stutters

5.Games that have HORRIBLE CF/SLI support

6.Space inside case

7.Bottlenecks

 

CF/SLI Advantages :

1.Performance (Only if you have a good CPU so bottlenecks would not be created,a better PSU,a bigger case

,mobo that supports 2 way CF/SLI,running games that actually support CF/SLI,running games that dont have stutters with 2 way