Can i run crossfire?

ekholmaren

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So. I have a asus b85-plus mobo and it's says that it supports crossfire.
I have been reading about the pci-e 3.0 and 2.0 slot speeds and i'm not sure if running CF will bottleneck my first gpu. I have this slots in my mobo:

1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 mode, yellow)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, dark brown)

Will it work?
 

ekholmaren

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Im running with 4790k and gtx970 for the moment. But i will sell my gtx970 and pick up a asus r9 290x. So in the future mabye i want to put crossfire, my mobo only supports CF, not SLI.
And yes i know that gtx970 is slightly better but i was getting so good price on the r9.

Is there any difference if i run 290x cf or 280x crossfire, becuse the 290x dont have the "bridge" ?