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Well I need help deciding on my next upgrade.
So after researching
after I bought (pre-ordered) a pair of Fury - X's it seems my current set up is not going to get the best out the new cards.
My Asus M5A97 Pro Rev 1.0 only has 16x and 4x PCI-e, I assumed it would be 8x 8x but it's not.
So which of the options would do if you were me.
I'm on a 2560x1440 resolution. £1200 budget.
Option 1
- AM3+ Motherboard with 16x 16x Crossfire support.
- 2 x Fury - X
--- Downside here is there are no AM3+ PCi-e 3.0 boards available.
Option 2
- 4690K and Motherboard w/ Crossfire PCi-e 3.0. (If it's possible).
- 2x Regular Fury's.
Option 3
- 4790K & Motherboard.
- Single Fury X or 980Ti.
Option 4
- Stick with what I have.
- Single Fury X or 980Ti.
Option 5
- Clearly needs help one way or another
, what would you do?
So after researching

My Asus M5A97 Pro Rev 1.0 only has 16x and 4x PCI-e, I assumed it would be 8x 8x but it's not.
So which of the options would do if you were me.
I'm on a 2560x1440 resolution. £1200 budget.
Option 1
- AM3+ Motherboard with 16x 16x Crossfire support.
- 2 x Fury - X
--- Downside here is there are no AM3+ PCi-e 3.0 boards available.

Option 2
- 4690K and Motherboard w/ Crossfire PCi-e 3.0. (If it's possible).
- 2x Regular Fury's.
Option 3
- 4790K & Motherboard.
- Single Fury X or 980Ti.
Option 4
- Stick with what I have.
- Single Fury X or 980Ti.
Option 5
- Clearly needs help one way or another

