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  • Gaming
  • Graphics Cards
  • Build
  • Graphics
  • World Of Warcraft
  • Monitors
Last response: in Graphics & Displays
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June 9, 2014 8:09:25 AM

Im gonna be doing a new gaming build soon and im gonna be running 2 32" 720p monitors so my question is would it be better to buy 1 high end card or 2 medium cards

With that being said I mostly play games like WoW and D3 I want to run these on atleast high at 50+fps

Please tell me which setup is better and if you could recommend card(s) that would be great

Also I will only use AMD and im looking at 400-500 budget on the card(s)

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June 9, 2014 8:11:28 AM

One high end card is enough. I suggest a R9 290. Make sure you have a quality 650W power supply.

You may be fine with a R9 280X:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Vapor-X Video Card ($304.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $304.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-09 11:11 EDT-0400)


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card ($399.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $399.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-09 11:10 EDT-0400)

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Vapor-X Video Card ($457.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $457.98
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-09 11:11 EDT-0400)
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June 9, 2014 8:17:49 AM

There will be a 1000W psu and ty for the help
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June 9, 2014 8:32:10 AM

Most games will play on only one of your two monitors.
Gaming will be directed to your primary monitor.
The side monitor adds little to the gaming load.
720P(1280 x 780) is a very low resolution and it takes relatively little to run at high fps.
I might suggest that a budget of $400-$500 is more than you need.
A R9-280X @$300 like Suztera suggested would be plenty.

I am curious as to why you are limiting yourself to an AMD card.
The most popular R9-280X at newegg has a 25% 0 egg unfavorable rating:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

The comparably priced and equal performing GTX770
has a 4% negative rating:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...



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