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7950 with 280x?!

SuperStroopwafel
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Yea you can do it with 7950's, 7970's, 7990's and 280X's. 

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Is the performance benefits worth it?

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I believe that the performance will still be limited by the slower card.. That video proves that they work together (after all, we've known that the 7950 can CF with a 7970, and the 280X is the same as a 7970), but the way it's worked int he past is that the fast card has to downclock itself to match the performance of the slower card..

 

Well I wanted crossfire for my 7950 and I guess this is better than 2 7950's

 

Since this video does not compare two 7950s to 7950+280X, that claim is not supported..

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Well I wanted crossfire for my 7950 and I guess this is better than 2 7950's

I just ordered a r9 280x so I am really excited to game with it. I have a 6870 so I doubt those can be crossfire.

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I just ordered a r9 280x so I am really excited to game with it. I have a 6870 so I doubt those can be crossfire.

 

unofficially speaking :ph34r: is like if the 7000 series was the unofficial R9 100

 

so yea ^_^ they are compatible (is like gen1 and gen2 friend)

 

but the 6000 series is to old -_- (and is 40nm vs the 28nm from 7000 and R9 200 series)

 

 

 

but yea, this is like super unofficial underground news lol  :lol: so, don't ask any proof

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unofficially speaking :ph34r: is like if the 7000 series was the unofficial R9 100

 

so yea ^_^ they are compatible (is like gen1 and gen2 friend)

 

but the 6000 series is to old -_- (and is 40nm vs the 28nm from 7000 and R9 200 series)

 

 

 

but yea, this is like super unofficial underground news lol  :lol: so, don't ask any proof

Those smiley's though :P

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