second 7970 or r9 290 ?

[chaotic_uk]

I purchased a 7970 last week with the intention of getting another to crossfire it but now I am unsure lol , would it be better to get the r9 290 non x or just get the second 7970 ? . which will be the best choice ?

 

[ussie]

If you've already purchased a 7970 just xfire it with another 7970 or a 280x if you get a good price. If not then gt non reference 290 when they come out.

You'll get more performance with xfire 7970/7970 - 7970/280x

Scaling may be issues until updates on games are released but just make sure enough psu juice is available

 

[chaotic_uk]

it was indeed a good price and thx for the reply

 

[vonex]

if you have a decent 750w/850w power supply i would get another 7970, my crossfire has been trouble free for a good while now scaling in bf3/ bf4/crysis3 and performance is really good!

 

[chaotic_uk]

got a coolermaster Silent Pro M 1000w psu that's around 2-3 years old now , time to change it if I do get the second 7970 ?

hmm I will take the psu out of my dads and swap as his is newer

 

[chaotic_uk]

will my 1100T bottleneck 7970 crossfire ?

 

[r7slayer]

will my 1100T bottleneck 7970 crossfire ?

Your PSU seems like it should be fine but your CPU would most likely bottleneck.

 

[Martini1991]

Quite a chunk really.
Your 1100T will be bottlenecking a single 7970 to be perfectly honest.

 

[Litmoose]

Or send it back and get 7990 why there still about. And save some money too

 

[chaotic_uk]

Quite a chunk really.
Your 1100T will be bottlenecking a single 7970 to be perfectly honest.

so what cpu/setup will not bottleneck a 7970 ?

Or send it back and get 7990 why there still about. And save some money too

send what back ? , not purchased anything else yet apart from the 7970 I already have and cannot return it (local store)

 

[Martini1991]

I wouldn't say it's worth switching platform to fix the bottleneck, but I also wouldn't really upgrade your GPU set up with your CPU to be honest.

So you're in a funny situation.

 

[chaotic_uk]

well I have a little over £240 to spend on my system , not sure what to do lol

 

[Avenged7Fold]

Sell the board and the phenom. Then get one of the following:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
Total : £299.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).



or

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 (MB-347-GI) £110.00
Total : £239.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).



If you stick the board and phenom on MM you will no doubt get a fair bit of action. Cant give you a price estimate here but likely that in the end, you will end up with half of your GPU budget back after selling them, if you go for the AMD route. Then again, the intel route isnt that much more expensive.

 

[arc@css]

+1 to the above.

I would spend the money on a new board and cpu.

 

[MrMarvelous]

Would have though a 1100T would be slightly bottlenecking a single 7970?

I'll echo the comments above. get rid of the AMD and upgrade to a newer CPU and motherboard.

 

[mjenabi2]

i would wait for 290x with custom coolers and get that. if you oc that card, it will be fast enough for any game at most resolutions