Crossfire or One Card.

BenRoth99 · May 26, 2014

Would i be better off buying Two of the -ASUS R9 270x- for crossfire ~ or One of the Radeon R9 290?

270x > http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ISKS45W/?tag=pcpapi-20

290 > http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HWQUI02/?tag=pcpapi-20

Tradesman1 · May 26, 2014

Have you considered a 780? Else I'd go the 290

Calnin · May 26, 2014

For the price of a 290, i think a 780 would be better.

BenRoth99 · May 26, 2014

Tradesman1 :

Why would the 780 be better? Will I Be able to Max everything with it ?

Tradesman1 · May 27, 2014

I've used both the 780 and 290, and overall the 780(s) are the better cards performance wise, OC ability and run much cooler

JaredzzC · May 27, 2014

I don't think their premium price tag justifies their performance, though. I think it performs at something like 5% better on average, at times.
Of course, we have our own opinions, but I'd suggest an R9 290.

Not to mention that it has 4GB VRAM as opposed to 3GB. Some games are pushing 2GB VRAM at the moment, so in the future, 3GB could become a limitation on the 780 and it also helps on higher resolution.

I'd also like to point out about Mantle and how it is being integrated more into companies' game engines (recently Crytek) so it could give an increasing advantage to the AMD cards in the future.

BenRoth99 · May 27, 2014

Tradesman1 :

That being said, the 780 is about 100$ more expensive yeah?

Tradesman1 · May 27, 2014

Roughly, yes

JaredzzC · May 27, 2014

Tradesman1 :

If you're factoring in the afermarket coolers, then the R9 290s don't run so hot so there's not much of a comparison.

BenRoth99 · May 27, 2014

Tradesman1 :

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3RHCk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3RHCk/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3RHCk/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($159.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.94 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($126.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($68.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($104.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card ($399.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" Monitor ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Gigabyte Force K3 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($20.99 @ Newegg)
Mouse: Gigabyte GM-M6900 Wired Optical Mouse ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Headphones: Turtle Beach Ear Force Z11 Headset ($30.01 @ Amazon)
Total: $1412.81
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-27 00:45 EDT-0400)

This Is the current build im considering, would it be really worth it to step it up to a Superclocked ACX GeForce GTX 780 -- I want to run everything on ultra 60 Fps+

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