R9 280X Crossfire VS. Nvidia GTX 780Ti

ell3y

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Hey guys. I'm kinda thinking.. R9 280X Crossfire or single GTX 780Ti?

I need to choose one of them, and I'm not sure which one yet, so I'd be glad if anyone would help me. The rig is for gaming.

 

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Two Cards in configuration are always faster but a single gpu is smother and cooler and most games aren't optimized for multi-gpu technologies so you can cause performance issues. I'd buy a single 780 Ti and if you really want to try out multi GPU buy another one down the road.
 

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How much diffrence is there on 770 Sli and R9 280X Crossfire?
 

gamerkila57

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Depends really. If it were me i'd get a GTX 780 Ti for cooler, quieter, less power draw, and less CFx/SLi compatibility issues. You would also have the ability to add a second later down the line but frankly one should do wonders. Lot of reviews shows an OC'd 780 Ti going Toe to Toe with a GTX 690 and trailing a 7990

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Thanks bro ^^

Thinking that I'll choose one card then, cause as EvgaLover said, there will be some CF/Sli issues, and that there's some games that doesn't support it.
 

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The 690 is overpriced (just SLI two 770s) and i've haven't seen an instance that the 7990 doesn't throttle with its reference cooler. The 780 Ti is going to be the more reliable performance since some games might scale horribly.
 

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Yes some games don't work well with CFx/SLI for example alot of people are having problems with SLI & CFx in BF4
 

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Exactly killah.