crossfire or not to crossfire

seller417

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is it better to crossfire 2 7870's or go with 1 7970?

specs:
i5-3570K
Z77
8GB DDR3 2400
PSU depends of crossfire or not
128GB SSD
1TB HDD
Blu-ray combo drive
CORSAIR H90
 
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One 7970 all the way. Scaling is not the best in some games. Also uses less power.

Xfire is only good if you already have a card and want to add performance or if you want a high end card and the only way to add performance is Xfire

Azn Cracker

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One 7970 all the way. Scaling is not the best in some games. Also uses less power.

Xfire is only good if you already have a card and want to add performance or if you want a high end card and the only way to add performance is Xfire
 
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For ultra:

Cpu- intel i7 2600k
Ram-8 gb
gpu- 7970

Think your system will handle it
 

flamehead269

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No way man.. I cant max out crysis 3 or i get 15-30 fps, if you are going to do 2 cards, use SLI, SLI is done through the cards while crossfiring is done through motherboard and is less likely to result in problems with SLI, a 7970 is fine for "VERY HIGH" settings, btw don't go with a 2nd gen cpu from intel, i would reccomend a i5 3570k or a FX-8350, there is no need for a i7 unless you are editing because of hyper threading...

and RAM that fast is definately not required, id go with 1866mhz at the most... any ram above that is majorly over-priced... go with 1333mhz, 1600mhz, 1866mhz... Since your going with 2 x 4gb for with 1866mhz...

Mobo is fine if its the sabertooth(kinda expensive)

 

Azn Cracker

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Well game debates says those are the requirements for "hi-performance" which I assumed was ultra settings. I guess it may be only for very high. I only have a 7870 myst edition so I wouldnt dare running ultra lol

http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=3953&game=Crysis%203

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btw I think OP already bought his parts. He picked out an i5 3570k. The part I mentioned were just for the requirements
 

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Trust me, its not worth going cheap on your build if you want ultra settings, you want everything to work effiecency to prevent unneeded heat and stress on components... but I see where you're coming from, I recommend those CPUs (fx-8350 or i5 3570k) and some 2x 4b ram 1866mhz... the i5 mixed with ghz edition 7970 would run wonderfully :)
 
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Just on the topic of 'will it run Crysis 3 on max?' I have a Dual-X 7970 (which I have modestly over clocked to 1055mhz) and it runs everything on max fine, havn't actually recorded the fps but I have never noticed any slow downs making it shutter or anything. Worst case scenario you have to turn one or two things from 'Very High' to 'High'. No biggie. Although to be fair I am not running a large amount of AA (I think 2x). Also this is at 1080p, the game looks gorgeous