Upgrade or crossfire or both

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Hello all. Been a tek follower for some time and enjoy the hell out of the site. I am currently looking to add some GPU horsepower and find myself torn between options. At current I'm running a gigabyte hd7870oc GHz and have been a big fan. I've been mulling over the thought of getting it a companion to crossfire with but I have also been liking the prices of the 7950, dont see much improvement to the 7970, and debated getting three and running trifire. Obviously the three 7950 s would blow two 7870s out of the water but I have three options I'm debating. Run two 7870s until they don't cut it and swap up to a single GPU; Grab three 7950 cards (HIS IceQ) and run in three way crossfire; Scrap my 7870 and upgrade now to a better single gpu. I like running my games on ultra and currently am running 1080 and I am playing with getting a 1440 monitor. I play pretty much everything from BF to TES, Civ, Kerbal, ect. My current rig is:

Asus sabertooth r2

Amd 8350 @4.6

32gbs ripjaws memory

Two kingston ssd's in raid 0

1tb 7200rpm hdd

Everything currently air cooled

 

I tend to be a fan of overkill as well. I know this falls into a lot of subjective territory but any advice as to what would be the better option for power and longevity with up comimg games or even another option is much appreciated.

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a single card solution is always better in my eyes if you were going to buy 3 7950's then a GTX 780 might be a good option that card is the best thing for gaming right now the titan doesn't really add much to gaming 

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Thanks for the input guys its much appreciated. Sold my 7870 Last night and was able to pick up two 7950s for a damn good price so I m gonna give the Xfire a go and see if I like it. If it works to my liking I m going to entertain a tri fire setup or even a quad.

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I'd get a 4k display and worry about upgrading your GPU later