HD7870 Crossfire or Upgrade ?

tomek123

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Hi i plan to upgrade my Gigabyte 7870 to something better in the future and i want to ask :
Can i Crossfire my 7870 with e.g 7970 or r9 270x or its just better to buy single card like r9 290x or gtx 780 ?

UPDATE:

My specs:
-Windows 8.1 Ultimate
-GIGABYTE Radeon HD 7870 2GB
-Crucial DDR3 8GB 1600MHz Ballistix Sport CL9
-OCZ ZT Series 550W Modular
-Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.8 GHz
-Seagate Barracuda 1TB
-Asrock P67 PRO3 (B3) Intel P67 LGA1155

I know that i need to buy new MOBO to Crossfire, and also i'm using 2 monitors one 23' 1080 16:9 IPS LED and second is old 4:3 LCD 1024 19'
 
R9 270x/7870 are supposed to be able to crossfire, but I see conflicting information about that so don't count on it. Newegg is still selling 7870s so you could buy one there. Since you would have to buy a new motherboard to crossfire (~$125) and a 7870 (~$180) I think you would be better off just buying a GTX 760. With the overclocked cpu a 290x would definitely be pushing that psu.