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right this is my machine i want to upgrade the graphics card i was thinking about taking out the xfx r9 280x 3gb replacing it with the SAPPHIRE HD 7970 GHz Edition 6GB so i will have SAPPHIRE HD 7970 GHz Edition 6GB and a SAPPHIRE HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB in my machine will that work well...or would you say try and sell both my cards and try and get two SAPPHIRE HD 7970 GHz Edition 6GB..im just trying to get the best for my money i ent got a lot to spend about 250 i want to boost up my graphics..this is my spec kind regards and thanks

ASUS P8Z77-V motherboard with wi-fi adapter
Intel i5-3570K Quadcore
16gb ddr3 1600 corsair ram
water Cooler Master Nepton 140XL cpu cooler
ocz zx 1250 watt gold psu
1x SAPPHIRE HD 7970 3GB Vapor-X Edition graphic card
crossfire graphics
1x xfx r9 280x 3gb graphic card
SSD Kingston HyperX 120GB SATA3 3K 2.5-inch Gaming Solid State Drive
2x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM SATA III 64MB, 6Gb/s Hard drive HDD
Dvdrw drive
 
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yes and no.

in games xfire works, no, your two 7970s will be better.

however xfire doesn't work for many titles for the 7970, and in other titles it works but has a lot of stuttering issues. I would prefer if i was in your shoes to replace the pair of cards with 1 stronger card

-that said your budget is sort of an issue. i didn't realize you already had 2 hd 7970s... i thought you had...
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the issue you'll have is even if you mix the 6gb and 3gb versions of that card, is only 3gb will be availible in xfire. I would suggest you sell your current hd 7970, and either get a r9-290/290x or gtx 970 with the extra $$ you get from selling the hd 7970.
 
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so sell both the cards in the machine you mean pal, iv only got about 250 to spend just trying to boost it a bit more or would a new i7 cpu work and just keep the two cards, thanks for helping.
 
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is one gtx 970 going to be better than the two card i have at the min. :)

 
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yes and no.

in games xfire works, no, your two 7970s will be better.

however xfire doesn't work for many titles for the 7970, and in other titles it works but has a lot of stuttering issues. I would prefer if i was in your shoes to replace the pair of cards with 1 stronger card

-that said your budget is sort of an issue. i didn't realize you already had 2 hd 7970s... i thought you had one and were asking about an upgrade. Since you have two of them, i'd probably not do anything. and keep saving money. There might be a great deal on a gpu or pair of gpus that will give you better performance, but for now it looks like you're kind of locked in.
 
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