Crossfire or Single GPU 1440p

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In the future I will be looking to play games on a single 1440p monitor with high FPS.

In order to prepare for this I am trying to weigh up my options and these appear to be buy another R9 290 for a crossfire setup or buy a new more powerful single graphics card.

I have been going round in circles for a while now so any help\advice would be appreciated.

For reference I would be happy to spend £400-£500 on a new graphics card.
 
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If you wanna crossfire, you should make sure you have the PSU to handle it as 2 290s would eat up a crap ton of power. Not to mention the amount of heat and extra noise that would ensue due to the 2 cards stacked with each other. If that's no problem to you then I say go for it. It's the cheaper option and you'll get amazing framerates on 1440p. Be wary of the micro-stuttering problems I've heard all around though too.

If they are problems for you though, just sell it and get yourself a GTX 980. Fastest and most powerful card on the planet at the time being. Also uses very little power. It might not get as much frames as 2 290s and it might be more expensive, but it competes with them very well. Less heat, less noise, and little to no...
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If you wanna crossfire, you should make sure you have the PSU to handle it as 2 290s would eat up a crap ton of power. Not to mention the amount of heat and extra noise that would ensue due to the 2 cards stacked with each other. If that's no problem to you then I say go for it. It's the cheaper option and you'll get amazing framerates on 1440p. Be wary of the micro-stuttering problems I've heard all around though too.

If they are problems for you though, just sell it and get yourself a GTX 980. Fastest and most powerful card on the planet at the time being. Also uses very little power. It might not get as much frames as 2 290s and it might be more expensive, but it competes with them very well. Less heat, less noise, and little to no stuttering problems.

I've listed all that I could about the advantages and disadvantages of each option. Hope it helps.
 
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