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Crossfire. Low gpu usage

rabc1690

rabc1690

rabc1690

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I have 2 vtx3d 7870's in crossfire. Some games can give me well over 100 fps ( sniper elite being one dishonoured gives way up at 90's) while games like hitman only give 35-40at max settings however far cry 3 I struggle to get 1fps at medium settings.

I've also noticed that on a few games in msi afterburner that the gpu usage can be as low as 40-50 usage on both cards.

I'm wondering if I've not setup crossfire properly. I'm using the latest drivers as they were updated couple of hours ago.

I'm running an a10 5800k cpu with 16gb get skill ram
 
Yeah the motherboard supports crossfire. Is the fx 6100 a good alternativenoticed they are. Quite cheap on ebay. Does x4 make a difference in crossfire
 
Kewl my board is x16 / x4.what would be. Better choice for 3-4 months until I have enough to build a new computer from scratch. And fx 6300 or a new better board with x8 / x8. Imhappy enoughwith the way games play just the odd couple that ain't the best.
 
one 7870 is not that great tbh. i can always get a new mobo for x8/x8 or an fx 6300 whatever seems best. not planning on spending a lot as im gonna get an i5/i7 and decent mobo in summer and pair this cpu with a 6670 for the weans rooms.
 
other alternative is i sell the a10, 8gb g skill ram, mobo and one 7870, use the cash to get an I5 and z77 mobo but would that improve games using one card compared to the fx 6300??
 
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