FX 4170 in crossfire?

[b_lancaster]

I currently have an AMD FX 4170 and i'm considering setting up a crossfire configuration with 2 Radeon 7950s,
Is a 4170 powerful enough to work well with 2 7950s or do i need to upgrade to something like a 6300 or 8350?

Thanks for looking!

 

[twelve25]

Overclocked it might work well, but depending on the games it could be a bottleneck. If it were me, I'd plan on upgrading to an overclocked Piledriver chip, but buy the cards first and see how they run.