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2 cards better than one?

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  • 15-12-2013 2:26pm
    #1
    Sniipe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,932 ✭✭✭


    Hi I've been considering 2 of these cards: HIS HD 6870 IceQ X Turbo GDDR5 1024MB. I already have one. I can get the other for approximately €90 or I could sell my card and buy one card that would out perform two for the price of €180?

    What do you think? When is it worth having 2 cards?#

    I see this card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 OC, 2GB GDDR5, DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort for €154.

    My card scores: 2,569 (2 of my cards would hardly score 5,138)
    The Radeon R9 270 scores: 4,344

    But I can guess that there are some overheads to having two of my cards, are there advantages?


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    #2
    BloodBath
    Registered Users Posts: 10,299 ✭✭✭✭BloodBath


    You would be better off upgrading to a single stronger gpu I think. Dual cards should only be used when you can't get anymore power from a single card. You only really need that for 1440p and even then a 780 gtx or 290x would do fine for that on it's own.

    You also have to consider whether or not your power supply can handle 2 cards and if your board supports proper crossfire/sli in 8/8 mode.

    Then you have the possibility that newer titles don't have their crossfire profiles meaning you can only run on 1 card until they update them and the odd game that flat out refuses to work properly in crossfire.

    I'd say go for a 270, preferably one with a good cooler and overclock it. You might get a good deal on a 280x if you want more power.


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