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possible crossfirex hd 7850 hd 7870 hd 7970

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June 6, 2013 12:44:30 AM

hello everybody recently built my first gaming rig and got a hd 7850 2gb by sapphire however i do wish to play the latest at ultra settings and am seeing that this card wont be sufficient enough in power so i now plan to get a hd 7970, however my question is that can i crossfirex the 7970 with the 7850 or go with the hd 7870 XT and crossfirex with the 7850 other suggestions are welcome,and also will the configurations be future proof for at least 2-5 years

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June 6, 2013 12:53:35 AM

You can crossfire the 7850 with either another 7850 or 7870. These are the only two cards that can be crossfired with your current card. The 7870 XT will not crossfire with the 7850 either.
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June 6, 2013 12:59:03 AM

You can not crossfire 7970 with 7850. Cards need to be of same generation and same type. Kind of you can crossfire 7859 with 7870 but not 7850 with 7950. The first and second number must match for crossfire.

You should go for another 7850. That should give you massive performance increase.
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June 6, 2013 1:02:52 AM

you can cf your card with another 7850 can only be cf within 7800 family series though 7870XT is exception because of the core being used inside isn't the same core used in 7800 series. just remember that when going cf route you will be dealing with issues that might arise from multi gpu configuration. (this applied to nvidia sli as well). so if you prefer single gpu config maybe you can consider to sell your current 7850 and get 7970 instead
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June 6, 2013 1:15:12 AM

so basically i can not cf with 7970 but is it possible with the 7870 XT
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June 6, 2013 1:21:04 AM

Ehh you can't crossfire 7870 XT too.
You need either 7870 or 7850. Both should be stock. No XT / Myst. allowed.
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June 6, 2013 1:23:03 AM

sigh ok was hoping to crossfire with the XT but any suggestions for another hd 7870 which offers high performance
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June 6, 2013 1:29:48 AM

thanks for the reply ill post up some benchmarks of the cf when i get it
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June 6, 2013 1:35:02 AM

For sure mate .. Would love to see if it crosses HD 7970 or not. I guess it would ..

If you are satisfied, you might want to pick as solution.
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June 6, 2013 1:52:07 AM

the asus card seems good though does it come with the never settle coupon as my 7850 didnt
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