Crossfire or single gpu

[Alex Carr]

My budget for a new graphics card is 200-230$ 

I was originally thinking a 3gb 1060 but then because my motherboard supports crossfire I was wondering if 2 rx 560s would provide better performance. I'm not willing to go used if I'm spending that much money.  Do the 560s sound like a good idea or any other recommendations?

[The Sloth]

don't sli/crossfire low end GFX cards, go for 1060 3gb or try to find a used 980. 

[Alex Carr]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

don't sli/crossfire low end GFX cards, go for 1060 3gb or try to find a used 980. 

I've heard that the 3gb of vram holds back the 1060s performance the only reason I considered the 2 560s is because it would total to 4gb

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, Alex Carr said:

I've heard that the 3gb of vram holds back the 1060s performance the only reason I considered the 2 560s is because it would total to 4gb

yes, sell both of the GPU, try to find a used 980ti. 

[Alex Carr]

2 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

yes, sell both of the GPU, try to find a used 980ti. 

I would consider that but everyone around me thinks that they can sell 980/980tis for $300

-400

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, Alex Carr said:

I would consider that but everyone around me thinks that they can sell 980/980tis for $300

 

negotiate, try to buy a 980ti for 280$. 

[Alex Carr]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

negotiate, try to buy a 980ti for 280$. 

I'll see what I can find and I'll try to lower the price thanks.

[tarmacd]

$300 for for a GTX 980 is going to be a bargain in the land of graphics cards nowadays. Tough situation too, where holding out for better pricing is not even an option now, with the announced shortage of gddr5 and hbm.

[Himommies]

3 minutes ago, tarmacd said:

$300 for for a GTX 980 is going to be a bargain in the land of graphics cards nowadays. Tough situation too, where holding out for better pricing is not even an option now, with the announced shortage of gddr5 and hbm.

What do you mean.You can easily get one for 200.Just look at ebay

[gbergeron]

22 minutes ago, Alex Carr said:

My budget for a new graphics card is 200-230$ 

I was originally thinking a 3gb 1060 but then because my motherboard supports crossfire I was wondering if 2 rx 560s would provide better performance. I'm not willing to go used if I'm spending that much money.  Do the 560s sound like a good idea or any other recommendations?

single GPU 

[TheRandomness]

16 minutes ago, Alex Carr said:

I've heard that the 3gb of vram holds back the 1060s performance the only reason I considered the 2 560s is because it would total to 4gb

VRAM doesn't add together in crossfire. You'd still only have 2GBs.

[tarmacd]

1 minute ago, Himommies said:

What do you mean.You can easily get one for 200.Just look at ebay

Just did, the cheapest one I found without a installed waterblock, was $280. I'm sure if he hunts for a while, it's obviously possible. But some 1050 ti's are running nearly $200 right now. The market is anything but saturated with good used graphics cards at the moment.