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FreezeFlyte
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Im looking at doing a r9 270x crossfire. i already own a Asus R9 270X DCU2 TOP card and it runs wonderful. Now im looking for another card to run in crossfire. I've looked around and found 3 contenders. I was wondering what your thoughts are on the following cards along with compatability thoughts.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125476

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121802

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202047

 

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get the same one. 

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As long as a 2nd asus card fits, that would be my choice just for redundancy. Any r9 270x will be compatible for crossfire though!

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get the same one. 

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Only for looks.

Any 270x will work just as well.

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Get the Asus one so it doesn't look ugly with 2 different cards.

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The reason i was looking at the other two was for the fact that running in crossfire the top card always get hotter. So if i got a card with a slightly longer cooler i would be able to cool the top card a bit more effectively. That was my train of thought on this one. But i may be wrong. Thats why i ask.

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The reason i was looking at the other two was for the fact that running in crossfire the top card always get hotter. So if i got a card with a slightly longer cooler i would be able to cool the top card a bit more effectively. That was my train of thought on this one. But i may be wrong. Thats why i ask.

What are your thoughts about this?

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The reason i was looking at the other two was for the fact that running in crossfire the top card always get hotter. So if i got a card with a slightly longer cooler i would be able to cool the top card a bit more effectively. That was my train of thought on this one. But i may be wrong. Thats why i ask.

How big of a gap is there in between the cards? Even a small gap should be sufficient

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There will be an open pcie slot between them. My board ill be running is the gigabyte GA-990fxa UD3.

You should be fine with getting another Asus card.

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