Should I Crossfire Radeon HD 6870 or upgrade?

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patn237

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Hi,

I have a Radeon HD 6870 in my gaming PC and was thinking about buying another 6870 just to crossfire it to play Fallout 4. Would it be worth it to do that or should I upgrade to a better, modern graphics card? Other specs are below.

i5-2500k
8GB RAM
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
750 PSU

Thanks!
 
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A GTX 970 should work, though some 970s have had issues with older motherboards like yours due to BIOS compatibility problems. You might want to check around to see which 970s are working with that board, or contact the card's manufacturer about that. Either that or specificly look for a 970 that has a switch on it for a legacy BIOS.
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I'd say move to a newer GPU. Crossfire can have lots of issues, and the Radeon HD 6870s had lots of microstuttering issues back in the day with Crossfire, I doubt AMD's driver team has done much to remedy that since then, with most of their focus being on GCN based products (HD 7000 series or newer). VRAM limitations are also another serious problem you'd face unless you have a 2GB 6870 and can find another 2GB card to pair it with. 1GB VRAM simply isn't enough for games coming out these days.
 
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I was thinking about getting a GTX 970. Would that be compatible with the current specs I have now?
 
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A GTX 970 should work, though some 970s have had issues with older motherboards like yours due to BIOS compatibility problems. You might want to check around to see which 970s are working with that board, or contact the card's manufacturer about that. Either that or specificly look for a 970 that has a switch on it for a legacy BIOS.
 
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Definitely new GPU. The HD6000 series is no longer supported, so if you have any issues, they will not be resolved. Like mentioned previously, crossfire has a lot of issues also, especially in the older gen.

I would pick the R9 390 over the GTX 970. 8 GB RAM instead of 3.5, and the architecture is likely more future proof, although it does consume more power.
 
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