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XFire 290's worth it?

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is it worth paying the extra to get a 2nd 290 on 1440p?

or i can get a single 780/780Ti/290/290X

 

(i kinda dont like CrossFire or SLİ because of the microstuttering and lack of drivers)

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For the money, 290 or 290 crossfire is a far better deal than anything else in your poll.

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CURRENTLY, amd has microstutter, now if they fix that in the future, I'd recommend it because they are very good cards, and for the most part micro-stuttering has been reduced with the new drivers. R9 290's is a good choice, personally I'd go 780ti non-reference models

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780ti. One can't tell me that a R9 290 Xfire is supposed to be a bang for your buck. 780ti. One does not know the awesome.

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i voted 780ti because AMD still hasent resolved all the microstuttering issue BUT its not as bad as 1 or 2 years ago, its been improved but its not fixed..

 

i would buy the 290 sli or the 780ti if you would ever be able to SLI 780ti

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I voted 780 Ti. Microstuttering is still a prominent issue, trust me. But, if you want to mine Litecoin, the dual R9 290s will give you 1.6-1.8 GH/s

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I voted 780 Ti. Microstuttering is still a prominent issue, trust me. But, if you want to mine Litecoin, the dual R9 290s will give you 1.6-1.8 GH/s

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No i will not edit out my language, it is dat good.

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FX 8320 AMD = Noctua NHU12P = 8GB Avexir Blitz 2000 = ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0 = Sapphire Radeon R9 290 TRI-X = 1TB Hitachi Deskstar & 500GB Hitachi Deskstar = Samsung DVDR/CDR = SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W 80 Plus Gold = Xigmatek Utguard = AOC 22" LED 1920x1080 = Logitech G110 = SteelSeries Sensei RAW
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Your avatar is fucking boss good sir.

No i will not edit out my language, it is dat good.

Thanks! :P

 

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CURRENTLY, amd has microstutter, now if they fix that in the future, I'd recommend it because they are very good cards, and for the most part micro-stuttering has been reduced with the new drivers. R9 290's is a good choice, personally I'd go 780ti non-reference models

 

Still waiting for them to be released :/

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