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April 13, 2014 7:41:04 AM

I am a gamer, right now I have:

Sapphire Tri X R9 290
Core i5 4670
8 GB DDR 3 RAM

So in the next 4-6 months time, but is the most logical upgrade for performance?

Will a 2nd R9 290 make a difference in cross fire or a Geforce 880 Ti
Will an SSD drive help me in terms of speed?
another 8 GB ram?

Thanks

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April 13, 2014 8:06:14 AM

SSD's are for booting up faster and what ever you have on them would load faster it won't speed up games anything over 8 Gb's of ram is useless for gaming and you R9 290 should be very good for gaming for a while so i would say SSD for faster booting well you already have a R9 290 so you could crossfire your gaming setup right now is solid.
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April 13, 2014 8:11:08 AM

Hello The_Icon

Your current gaming rig is quite powerful, the graphic card can best all the games out there, unless you're running 6 monitors at the same time.

What's your monitor setup? Resolution? What kind of games do you play?

You'll surely feel a bump in speed overall when using a SSD, I have one myself. In games, it only speeds up loading times, you could buy a SSD to install the windows and the most intensive programs on, then use the hard drives to store junk and other games.

8GB ram is way more than enough for gaming.
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April 13, 2014 10:18:01 PM

Thanks a lot for the information everyone, I guess I will wait until Intel ships their first 8 core consumer processors, that should help right? And I'll get SSD soon for my C drive only which will help with the booting up process I hope.

One more thing, In the future if I were to upgrade my GPU, will a crossfire setup for my R9 290 help or will be better to just get a new graphics card? I am thinking sometime around 2016?

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April 14, 2014 2:41:04 AM

A SSD is a good choice.
You can get a R9 290 crossfire by 2016, as long as you can keep the cards at acceptable temperatures, as the Hawaii chip runs rather hot, you could watercool the cards.

Ths cheaper side would be to sell the R9 290 and buy a powerful card. This depends, what's your monitor setup?
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April 14, 2014 3:01:41 AM

I just use a single monitor for work and browsing, and use the TV for gaming through Steam big picture mode. I use extended display and set the target display for TV for using Steam. By 2016, performance wise, will whatever be available by then be a better choice as an individual card or should I slap in another R9 290?

I never thought into dual GPUs until recently.
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April 14, 2014 4:19:09 AM

I see, a single monitor for work and browsing then Tv throught steam big picture.

I wouldn't worry about getting another GPU anytime soon, that card is powerful enough to power at least 3 monitors at 1080p for gaming at very high settings and smooth 60 fps for several years.

The way computer tech evolves, there will be vastly superior cards by 2016, just between 2012 and now, the Radeon 7990, GTX Titan, GTX 690, GTX 780 ti, GTX Titan Black, GTX Titan Z, Radeon R9 290X, and the R9 290X2 showed up in the market.

When the time comes, sell the R9 290 and buy a good Graphics Card, simple as that.
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April 17, 2014 11:49:34 PM

Thank you, I just got scared with the Watch Dogs recommended and Ultra requirements.
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April 20, 2014 5:59:11 AM

Pff, don't be, it's just marketing crap, I bet they will lower the ram requirements, just like COD Ghosts did.

Also, the developers have to be aware that not everyone owns a 2000$ gaming rig, if they want their game to be sold and earn cash, they gotta make it available to as many people as possible, that means somewhat low minimum requirements.

Thanks for electing the best answer! :) 
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