Crossfire or 1 better card?

Shumbori

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I was going to stay with my fx 6300 and get 1 r9 280x with 550watts but...

Would that be better or would my fx 6300 and get 2 r9 270Xs crossfire be better?
 

Shumbori

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What do you mean the amount of headaches?
 

vortical

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Many games have poor crossfire support(especially early after release, or indie games) leading to bugs or framerate stuttering and often forcing you to disable crossfire altogether.

This usually isnt a problem for triple A titles especially after a patch or two but its definitely something to consider..

Source: I crossfire 2x hd7870's
 

Shumbori

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Do you know if it is the same if I use SLI with 2 nvidia cards?

 

vortical

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I have heard that there are fewer problems as a general rule however many similar issues still definitely exist.

 

Shumbori

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So would you recommend R9 280x or crossfire R9 270xs?