Is this PSU good enough for crossfire?

[dport337]

Is my 500w PSU strong enough for this corssfire set up?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703035&Tpk=500w%20Silencer

Crossfire Radeon HD 7750's
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969

Also, i only have one Radeon 7750, since i already have the driver for the 1st card, will i need to update the driver for the 2nd one as well?

Or is it as simple as plug and play and AMD Catalyst will identify the Crossfire?

 

[Spaniard United]

Possibly. It's kind of right on the line for recommended specs, but you might be ok.

No you will not need a second driver for the card. You will need the crossfire drivers and profiles in order to be able to use it correctly though.

 

[Tom Burnqest]

Your card might not be Cross Fire ready the one you linked to is not. However if you do have a crossfire ready HD 7750 yes the will crossfire with absolutely no problems on that good quality PSU you linked.

 

[DarkSable]

Just as a note, you'll be a lot better off selling your 7750 and getting a single, more powerful card. Crossfiring low-end cards is a LOT more trouble than it's worth, when you can get a more powerful card that'll work on more than just the games that support crossfire, AND won't have microstuttering and other such issues associated with xfire and sli.

 

[Spaniard United]

I would have to agree with DarkSable's assessment. The 7750 you linked is a 128 bit card and you will get much better results from a better single card than trying to crossfire two of those. It'll end up costing you a little more, but the return on investment will be much greater.

Also... after checking on Tom's reply, I'm going to take a stab at it and say the card you have is not crossfire ready either, so either way you're better off going with a 7850 or similar card.

 

[mohit9206]

every 7000 series graphics card is crossfire capable as far as i know

 

[Spaniard United]

Oh. 7750 is crossfired without a bridge. Be that as it may, still better off with a stronger single card imo.

 

[JKatwyopc]

That PSU would easily power a Radeon HD 7870 or a Radeon HD 7850. I would suggest you get one of those instead. Crossfiring two 7750's would give similar performance but it might be a bit iffy because you would be pushing the limits of your PSU.

 

[dport337]

Thanks for all the replays, i currently have one 7750, got it from Newegg. I'd rather not go through the RMA Process for the card. I feel it would be a lot smarter to get a single 560 ti or something, but i'm not if i really should go through the RMA Process with Newegg.

If i did crossfire, is this card basically the same as the one i have now, (Just looks like a different fan?)

http://microcenter.com/product/402918/11202-10-20G_AMD_Radeon_HD_7750_1024MB_GDDR5_PCIe_30_x16_Video_Card

The Card i have now:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969&nm_mc=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r&cm_mmc=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r-_-Video+Cards-_-Sapphire+Tech-_-14102969