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August 25, 2014 3:38:42 AM

Hey, guys. I have a AMD Radeon HD 7850 1GB 256-bit DDR5 card and I'm thinking for an upgrade soon. Should I replace my card or just crossfire? thanks.

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August 25, 2014 3:47:52 AM

most modern games require more than 2 gb of memory so i would sugest upgrading.
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August 25, 2014 3:49:50 AM

Depends on budget. But it'll be easier to replace it with a single stronger card anyways. Your card will still handle most games decently, more on the medium-high area.
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August 25, 2014 4:09:10 AM

Probably best to list your whole system especially your PSU. A big factor is if your PSU is up to running two GPU's
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August 25, 2014 6:07:49 AM

As for your current setup, if modern games start to become too much for you, then you should probably play it on the safe side. I recommend getting a new card. The reason I say this is because new cards use newer technologies, and they have significantly more memory.

If you were to simply add another 7850 to your build, you'd end up disappointed in a few moths, when you see that the combined 2 GBs of GPU memory isn't sufficient for any new open-world games, and when you begin to experience jittery performance in games running DirectX 12 or Mantle.

A new single GPU, such as the beastly Radeon R9 290X, comes out of the box with breakneck clock rates, all the bells and whistles of new graphical shaders and technologies enabled, full future support for DirectX 12 and Mantle, and a whopping 4 GBs of GDDR5 GPU memory. All this without having to upgrade your power supply with an older CrossFire setup.

Hope I helped! If you need anything else, feel free to ask!
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August 25, 2014 6:27:41 AM

Brandonriess8 said:
As for your current setup, if modern games start to become too much for you, then you should probably play it on the safe side. I recommend getting a new card. The reason I say this is because new cards use newer technologies, and they have significantly more memory.

If you were to simply add another 7850 to your build, you'd end up disappointed in a few moths, when you see that the combined 2 GBs of GPU memory isn't sufficient for any new open-world games, and when you begin to experience jittery performance in games running DirectX 12 or Mantle.

A new single GPU, such as the beastly Radeon R9 290X, comes out of the box with breakneck clock rates, all the bells and whistles of new graphical shaders and technologies enabled, full future support for DirectX 12 and Mantle, and a whopping 4 GBs of GDDR5 GPU memory. All this without having to upgrade your power supply with an older CrossFire setup.

Hope I helped! If you need anything else, feel free to ask!


Running two 1gb cards in crossfire or sli still only acts as 1gb and not 2gb

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August 25, 2014 6:36:50 AM

sizzling said:
Brandonriess8 said:
As for your current setup, if modern games start to become too much for you, then you should probably play it on the safe side. I recommend getting a new card. The reason I say this is because new cards use newer technologies, and they have significantly more memory.

If you were to simply add another 7850 to your build, you'd end up disappointed in a few moths, when you see that the combined 2 GBs of GPU memory isn't sufficient for any new open-world games, and when you begin to experience jittery performance in games running DirectX 12 or Mantle.

A new single GPU, such as the beastly Radeon R9 290X, comes out of the box with breakneck clock rates, all the bells and whistles of new graphical shaders and technologies enabled, full future support for DirectX 12 and Mantle, and a whopping 4 GBs of GDDR5 GPU memory. All this without having to upgrade your power supply with an older CrossFire setup.

Hope I helped! If you need anything else, feel free to ask!


Running two 1gb cards in crossfire or sli still only acts as 1gb and not 2gb



Ah. Well, I am one to admit when I've made a minor mistake, but then again, this only provides more of an incentive to go for a new card altogether. Lack of memory can be pretty annoying when you can't set textures to High or Ultra, and you can't utilize Anti-Aliasing or run games at higher resolutions.
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September 1, 2014 6:46:50 PM

Guys, can someone recommend me a higher card at around 10k-15k PHP or 350-250 USD?
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September 2, 2014 2:37:33 PM

Zahaire Guro said:
Guys, can someone recommend me a higher card at around 10k-15k PHP or 350-250 USD?


AMD Radeon R9 290.
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September 8, 2014 5:23:16 PM

Brandonriess8 said:
Zahaire Guro said:
Guys, can someone recommend me a higher card at around 10k-15k PHP or 350-250 USD?


AMD Radeon R9 290.


Thanks, dude!
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