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If you need more performance get another 7970, if your wife needs more performance give her your 7970 and get a 280x

Hi all I am not sure what to do. I am looking to upgrade my 7970 in about 2 weeks my price range is $350 for now, Should i just get another 7970 and crossfire it ? Or should I get a 280x and give my wife my 7970 and sell her X2 GTX 560 or get some other card ? I don't give a crap if it is nvidia or amd card. Me and my wife play World of Warcraft quite a bit i have 2 Monitors so sometimes i run 2 or 3 wow's at the same time.

I play Crysis 3 Battlefield 3&4 sometimes and later on i might get another monitor. I don't really overclock but i don't mind trying it if i get a good overclocking card i like the coolers on the gigabyte card's .But open for what ever you guys think i should do.  This is only my second build pc so still need a bit of help. 

 

My PC.

 

Sabertooth 990FX

AMD 8350

Corsair 850

Gigabyte 7970

 

 

 

This is the card i have now   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125413

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Just get another 7970 or crossfire a 280x with your 7970.

 

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Just crossfire your 7970. If your wife needs more performance you could sell her 560s and buy a 270X? depends how much you are able to fetch the 560s for.

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Ok thanks everyone i will do the 7970 crossfire looks like most of you guys agree with the 7970  .  Do i need to get a better PSU? It is only 850 will that be good for running both cards?

More than plenty!

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Get a 280X and help the old ball and chain.

CPU: Intel i5 4670(non K) Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H Ram: Corsair Vengeance 8Gb (2x4Gb) @1600Mhz HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 770 OC WF3 ~1293Mhz max boost clock~ PSU: Corsair RM 750 Case: Corsair 300R Windowed Edition OS: Windows 8.1

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Ok thanks everyone i will do the 7970 crossfire looks like most of you guys agree with the 7970  .  Do i need to get a better PSU? It is only 850 will that be good for running both cards?

It's more than enough.

You seriously don't have enough power with the single 7970?

 

Btw, you want to quote a post or tag a member or else they won't get a notification you replied to them.

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