Trinity crossfire

[slayer2005]

Just sold my phenom 955 rig.
Now just bought a trinty as wana build a new rig mainly to see how far i can OC it. Think im going to add some water cooling to.
Now what cheap card can i add to the system to bump the onboard graphics up.
Can i get anywere near my old 560ti performance with a cheap card in crossfire?

 

[slayer2005]

Is it really that much of a side step if u can get it stable at 5ghz tho?

 

[slayer2005]

I dont want a i5 tho,price being the main reason.
So i guess another cheap 955 and a decent card.
Could get a decent card and the trinity but then what would be the point.
Can i have opinions on what you would go for cpu wise and gpu wise but not having the i5 in the option please guys. Also i am going to water cool it,ok you might say what is the point but mainly it will be just for fun.

Cheers

 

[slayer2005]

So say i stick with the trinity ive orderd and put a decent card in,its a down grade from the phenom 955? I dont see how :-/

 

[slayer2005]

It's not so much a downgrade, but rather a very minor upgrade. It's an APU, it's not meant for high end gaming.

What you've done is simply a waste of money, if the performance of the Trinity is fine for you, then you should have gone Vishera when it arrives.

Well my phenom and gtx560 was fine for me so surley a step up gpu Nd the minor add on of the trinity is ok for me?

 

[slayer2005]

What GPU are you putting with the Trinity?
And if the previous set up was fine, this will be no worse, but it's a pointless upgrade.
It'd be like selling a full 2500k set up and getting a Z77 and Ivybridge set up (Pointless, bar the PCI-E 3.0 which doesn't do much yet)

Probably a 7850. But as u said it wont b any worse so why not pay 20-30 quid more for smthing new to see how it overclocks?

 

[slayer2005]

If it was fine for you then you should have waited to see what comes next.

I sold it to my neighbour yesterday and only took a 20 pound hit on what i paid to build it hence why i bought it last night,i was umming and arring wether to go back to the phenom at 59 quid before 12 am or take a pop at the trinity.
Well if its not going to be any worse and a slight improvment depending on the OC on the chip and on a new gpu then ill be ok.