Tri-fire

[robertchalmers1]

is it worth going tri-fire at all with 280x??? what sort of gains is there to be had and do the latest AAA titles support it ( i know bf4 and titanfall never )

looking for some pros and cons regarding tri-fire along with psu recommendation etc

 

[Uncle Petey]

From my experience with 290's (and brief, but flawed tests with 7970/7990 trifire) BF4/Crysis3/Tomb Raider and various synthetic benches like a bit of trifire action, but unless you're using at least 1440p it's generally a bit of a waste.

I can't be arsed to go into any potential vram issues etc

1000w psu should cover it nicely, though it depends if you want do any overclocking or whether you'll be using vsync etc.

 

[robertchalmers1]

was actually looking at triple monitor 1440p but wasnt sure if 2 or even 3 cards would cut it or if i should just stick to 1080, forget vram etc and a 1kw psu was what i thought

 

[robertchalmers1]

meant to say im pretty sure 1440p is capped at 60 fps so of course would make sense o have v sync on

 

[Jumper118]

was actually looking at triple monitor 1440p but wasnt sure if 2 or even 3 cards would cut it or if i should just stick to 1080, forget vram etc and a 1kw psu was what i thought

at triple 1440p you would need 4gb of vram to run it properly 2/3 290 should cover it. triple 1080 is ok with 3gb of vram but 4 can be utilised.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG15lovbtZc

 

[robertchalmers1]

at triple 1440p you would need 4gb of vram to run it properly 2/3 290 should cover it. triple 1080 is ok with 3gb of vram but 4 can be utilised.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG15lovbtZc

see dif is i can get another 280x plus EK waterblock and a night on the swally for less than a single 290/x hence why i asked if it was worth going tri fire with 280xs

 

[jimbaw]

wouldn't you be able to sell the two 280x you've already got and get a couple more powerful cards using the cash you were going to use on another 280x on top?
if you've got a good deal on that 280x, i'd say go for it.

 

[robertchalmers1]

cheapest 290x i can find that will take a waterblock are 400 notes a piece then a ton for waterblock. basically grand all in. lucky if i get 300 back for cards i already have would mean about 700 outlay vs about 270 for a 280x plus waterblock. however not going to bother if they dont work properly in majority of games