Soldato
Right i'm messing around with my systems and left over mining gear.
I currently have two 7990s under water in my main gaming system however quadfire is horrid and has never properly worked (which I knew anyway). I also don't have the funds to spend £1000+ on a 6 core Intel CPU and monitor setup to properly make use of it so I tend to game with a single 7990, leaving the 2nd 7990 doing nothing.
Both 7990 cards clock to 1200 core and 1700 memory but that's the limits.
I also have three reference 290 cards in another system however I believe that running 2 of these in crossfire would be quicker and offer better results than a single 7990 due to hardware frame pacing. Plus the general better specs of the 290 (TrueAudio, etc) compared to the 7990 keep putting naughty thoughts into my head.
If I did swap everything around i'd end up water cooling the 290 cards to keep temps and noise down while hopefully improving the clocks.
Question is, is this all worth it? I have SuperWide monitor so not running 4k levels of quality. I do game a lot, mostly BF4, and prefer to run things medium/high just to get smoother fps. I have access to a 120Hz monitor as well.
I'd have to drain the loop, sell the 7990s for what, £400. Then either buy 290 blocks straight away and install the setup or run them on air for a while before going down the water route.
Can anyone provide any proper evidence of 290s in crossfire and what they are capable of?
Also since I know quadfire doesn't work, would an overclocked 4770k cope with 290 trifire?
I currently have two 7990s under water in my main gaming system however quadfire is horrid and has never properly worked (which I knew anyway). I also don't have the funds to spend £1000+ on a 6 core Intel CPU and monitor setup to properly make use of it so I tend to game with a single 7990, leaving the 2nd 7990 doing nothing.
Both 7990 cards clock to 1200 core and 1700 memory but that's the limits.
I also have three reference 290 cards in another system however I believe that running 2 of these in crossfire would be quicker and offer better results than a single 7990 due to hardware frame pacing. Plus the general better specs of the 290 (TrueAudio, etc) compared to the 7990 keep putting naughty thoughts into my head.
If I did swap everything around i'd end up water cooling the 290 cards to keep temps and noise down while hopefully improving the clocks.
Question is, is this all worth it? I have SuperWide monitor so not running 4k levels of quality. I do game a lot, mostly BF4, and prefer to run things medium/high just to get smoother fps. I have access to a 120Hz monitor as well.
I'd have to drain the loop, sell the 7990s for what, £400. Then either buy 290 blocks straight away and install the setup or run them on air for a while before going down the water route.
Can anyone provide any proper evidence of 290s in crossfire and what they are capable of?
Also since I know quadfire doesn't work, would an overclocked 4770k cope with 290 trifire?
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