R9 290x crossfire upgrade

[Diwrnach]

Hi there, been running 2 x R9 290X since they released, getting a bit long in the tooth now and also crossfire isn't always supported so looking for a single card upgrade, playing upcoming games like Anthem and Division 2, also like some Battlefield.

Any recommendations without breaking the bank?

 

[Heisenberg]

Budget?

 

[ChocoViennese]

Budget?

Monitor setup would help too, i.e. resolution and refresh rate, multi-monitor?

 

[Diwrnach]

Just a regular 1920x1080, no multi monitor at the moment.

Budget, as cheap as possible but be worth upgrading, not much help I know, £500 ish give or take I guess.

 

[ChocoViennese]

At 1080 an RX580 would do a good job. For flexibility, Vega 56 are good value just now as well, and would do if you upgrade your monitor in the future, both well below that budget.

 

[Diwrnach]

Vega 56 be a decent upgrade? pretty much always been an AMD guy, since i had two Nvidea failures in the 90s put me off lol

 

[bru]

Anything less than a vega 56 will probably give less performance than 290x's in Xfire when they work. Anything better than a RX570 will give better performance when Xfire doesn't work.
Of course this is only a rough estimate based on techpowerup's GPU database.
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-r9-290x.c2460

 

[Diwrnach]

Anything less than a vega 56 will probably give less performance than 290x's in Xfire when they work. Anything better than a RX570 will give better performance when Xfire doesn't work.
Of course this is only a rough estimate based on techpowerup's GPU database.
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-r9-290x.c2460

This is my main worry, I spend cash to upgrade and end up the same or worse than i was before. Amazing how little things have moved forward in such a long time!

 

[BubbySoup]

When crossfire scales well, ie around 80% you will be getting roughly 1080 performance if I remember right.

 

[Diwrnach]

When crossfire scales well, ie around 80% you will be getting roughly 1080 performance if I remember right.

OK thats interesting, making me wonder if its worth upgrading? thought there might be a single card solution of a reasonable price that would easily out perform my current cards considering how old they are.

 

[MG42Maniac]

I'd be looking at a used 1080ti or a Vega64 for £400.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Id go Vega 56/64.

They'll easily outperform your 2x 290s, as have to remember, the games Xfire doesn't work in, or has problems with (which is a lot, as i know, as ive had Xfire, i had 2x Fury Pros before my 64), you'll only be running on a single 290, and the extra vram, will also be much better (if its only 2x of the 4GB 290s you have).

 

[gpuerrilla]

Id go Vega 56/64.

They'll easily outperform your 2x 290s, as have to remember, the games Xfire doesn't work in, or has problems with (which is a lot, as i know, as ive had Xfire, i had 2x Fury Pros before my 64), you'll only be running on a single 290, and the extra vram, will also be much better (if its only 2x of the 4GB 290s you have).

Second this.

 

[Diwrnach]

Thanks a lot guys