RX480 crossfire?

[Nickmallow]

I watched a JayzTwoCents video on RX 480 crossfire and how it was performing similarly to the high end nvidia cards. I dont have 2 pcie slots right now but I'm thinking about getting a new Ryzen motherboard and Ryzen CPU because my current CPU is underpowered for an RX 480. If I get 2 pcie slots should I get another rx480? or should I get a 1070 if I'm looking for that kind of performance

 

[Droidbot]

1070 or wait for Vega, he showed off workloads that are optimised for XFire - most games aren't.

[VolkA]

2 minutes ago, Nickmallow said:

I watched a JayzTwoCents video on RX 480 crossfire and how it was performing similarly to the high end nvidia cards. I dont have 2 pcie slots right now but I'm thinking about getting a new Ryzen motherboard and Ryzen CPU because my current CPU is underpowered for an RX 480. If I get 2 pcie slots should I get another rx480? or should I get a 1070 if I'm looking for that kind of performance

 

For me, I will always choose 1 card over 2 (regardless SLI or CF). Not all games are optimized for 2 card.

[TrigrH]

if you have an 8gb rx480 and some money to burn, it might not be a bad idea to get another one, however make sure you get a motherboard that not only supports crossfire but enables PCIE 3.0 8x on both cards, for the best experience.

[Zangashtu]

I agree with the first two and either wait for Vega or get a 1070. I'm in the same boat as you and was debating whether to get another RX480 8GB for CF but a lot of reading and googling told me that for the money a lot of games nowadays don't see an extra £200 (Or whatever you'd be paying for it) worth of performance boost. It wouldn't be justifying it IMO  

You could even sell the 480 when it comes to it and get whichever you go for at a decent price.