Hey guys. Been an avid viewer of Tek Syndicate for a long time now but this is the first time I have posted on here. Was hoping for some advice.
I will soon be upgrading my mobo and CPU from some cheap Asus board and an AMD A8 to an MSI 970 gaming board and a FX6300. My current card is an R9 270 OC from Asus and I was wondering it it would be better to get another matching card, or sell my current card and put it towards a 290/X.
Current gaming is 1080p and I don't think I will be pushing much higher than that for a long time yet due to not owning a higher res monitor. Another note is that the 270 in my current rig does not overclock well at all. Even a 50mhz OC in afterburner causes random crashing in games so I pretty much have to run it at stock speeds at all times.
Thanks for reading guys
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I would recommend a single r9 290 over two r9 270s because, you get the full 4 GB of VRAM with the 290 and some games have bad crossfire support.
Thanks, that was my thinking too, I guess I was just hoping to save a few quid but the 4GB will be much better for some newer games, even at only 1080p. I was toying with the idea of a 280x but the price is not that different in the UK so might as well go all out on it
Single 290 4GB - for reasons above.
I had 2 x 280x's and crossfire was a royal pain, I swapped them out for 2 x 770's and they work perfectly.
I did though get the 2GB editions of the 770 and noticed some slow down with large textured games going from 3gb to 2gb. So a little more reasoning why I suggest 4gb.
Yeah looks like I'll be selling the 270 soon then. :) I want to get the new mobo and CPU first which I should be doing this week and then I'll look into the 290/X after that.
I know what you mean about slowdown too. 2GB on tomb raider chugs like all hell in shantytown! Don't get me wrong though, the 270 is a great card and can run most things on high/very high but as soon as i experience serious frame drops its time for an upgrade
Thanks for the help guys, I'll look into it within the next month hopefully. Cash is a bit tight