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what should i go for?amd280x or amd270 crossfire

hash70

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my crd jst died a few days ago/i really have the worst luck with gpu,s/ready to hit buy on a sapphire 280x or i can pick up 2x270 which will give titan performance jst a bit put off after the trouble i had with sli,so switching to red,how is the drivers for 270 cf,any probs stuttering ect,..not worried about power bill and my psu is fine,gonna order tonight jst cant decide which to go for
 
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i know the 280x will be fine.but i can get 2x270 for about the same price but you get a lot more performance/would like to hear from someone with a cf setup,how are the drivers,any microstuttering ect
 
I got a HIS 280x from here and overclocked it seems plenty enough for 1080p and I have had 2 cards in my pc but really didn't like all the extra heat/noise.

I would wait for prices to come back down a bit first they seem really high right now and have no games included.
 
If your wanting that sort of power trust me your going to want 3GB of vRam.
Besides that, a 2x 1280 Stream Possessor xFire set-up (2560) is not actually that much faster than a 2048 Stream Possessor 280X, take xFire scaling into account and a 2560 Stream Possessor 290 Pro would beat it.

Your talking 10% better than the 280X at best. not worth it for the 2GB vRam and 2 GPU's in the rig.
 
I have a gigabyte 280x windforce and can say it plays bf4 on max at 1920 res at around 60-70fps. however my second card has arrived today, purely cos I want MORE fps:)
 
hash70 said:
i know the 280x will be fine.but i can get 2x270 for about the same price but you get a lot more performance/would like to hear from someone with a cf setup,how are the drivers,any microstuttering ect
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Get the 280x. COD barely scale with crossfire at all (neither does source games in general).
 
Predator said:
I have a gigabyte 280x windforce and can say it plays bf4 on max at 1920 res at around 60-70fps. however my second card has arrived today, purely cos I want MORE fps:)
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I hope your monitor refresh rate is higher than 60Hz. :p
 
Single card every time.

Crossfire is OK, but not always 100% scalable. Needs a beefier PSU. Microstutter / frame pacing on older cards. Overclocking etc.

I've had a couple of crossfire setups 5850's and 7950's and am enjoying single card setup (MSI R9 290 gaming).
 
I vote single card, just less hassle in general. Less load on the PSU, less heat, less noise, cheaper to run and a 280X will still demolish any game @ 1080p atm.

I had the Asus 280X DirectCUII for a few weeks and was very impressed with it!
 
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