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Started by I am Crawley | | 7 answers
HD 7770 crossfire?
well title pretty much sums it up, I want to hear some of your opinions about this. because I already have my Power color 7770 pcs+ and wanting a graphics upgrade. should I spend about 35$ on a second hand sapphire 7770 and just crossfire it? because I was originally planning on just dishing out my 7770 and getting a new gpu until I found out my psu is turning faulty and I decided that having a quality PSU is better than getting a gpu upgrade *Originally plan on upgrading to r9 280x* should I go with the crossfire for a temporary upgrade or just save my money to buy a 280x?

current specs btw

[CPU] FX 8320
[MB] MSI 970 gaming
[PSU] XFX Pro 650w XXX - New PSU
[RAM] Gskills ripjaws 4gb (2x2gb)
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September 17, 2014 6:17:14 AM

Sounds like a solid plan. :-)
September 16, 2014 8:41:03 AM

well I've decided to just save my money for the r9 280x and don't go crossfire it'll take me 2-3weeks of saving but I think it will be worth it :) 
September 16, 2014 8:13:46 AM

pacdrum_88 said:
I've heard 7770's do not crossfire very well. I recently bought an R9 270 on ebay for about $90, and it will out perform crossfired 7770's all day. I would either save and get a better GPU, or really research to see what the gains are on a CF 7770, or 250x. (Same thing)


I kinda posted this to found that out :)  . I've been searching about it so far i've seen mixed reviews so i'm hoping this community would give me a better conclusion

also I guess I can squeeze a bit more out of my budget to get the 270x but I was really planning on getting the r9 280x so the crossfire would just be temporary upgrade but if I buy the 270x I think that I wouldn't be able to upgrade to the 280x, not for a while that is

September 16, 2014 8:08:45 AM

heard that 280X is really cheap right now. most likely AMD wants to clear inventory. but in your case you might want to replace your faulty PSU first
September 16, 2014 8:04:01 AM

I've heard 7770's do not crossfire very well. I recently bought an R9 270 on ebay for about $90, and it will out perform crossfired 7770's all day. I would either save and get a better GPU, or really research to see what the gains are on a CF 7770, or 250x. (Same thing)
September 16, 2014 7:56:18 AM

Yeah for a temporary upgrade that's fine. Always good to spend the money on a quality PSU first.

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