1 Good Graphics Card Or 2 Less Value Ones.

[CStromenger]

Hello,

I have a question about GPU's


If I was going to buy 1 Graphic's card like the (SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X 100363VX-3L 3GB - $249.99) Would It be better to buy 2 less of value cards for like XFX Radeon R7 360 (R7-360P-2DFG) 2048MB PCIe x16 Gen 3.0 - $360.00 x2

My CPU Intel i7 4790k

What I'm going to do. Stream/Record CS:GO And Skyrim

 

[Jacob Berke]

The price doesn't even match up. Get a R9 290 or GTX 980, having double cards considering price points just doesn't make sense. Single card will always be more cost effective and the smarter choice.

 

[boosted1g]

That would match up fairly close (assuming game supported crossfire).

Now you could spend $30 less and get a 290 or 390 and that would beat out all of them.

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... is a general performance and price list... http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

 

[TechyInAZ]

This question has been an argument since 2 way SLI and CFX became possible, is it worth buying 2 lower end cards or 1 higher end card.

Ultimately, 1 higher end card will give you MANY advantages over twin smaller cards, here's a few:

1. No latency issues that crossfire has had bugs with in the past.
2. More reliable (less chance of something going out).
3. More power efficient.
4. Faster. A single more powerful GPU for the same price as 2 smaller cards is actually faster because AMD and NVidia put the right prices on each of their cards. For example, the GTX 960 is EXACTLY half the performance of a GTX 980. Twin GTX 950s is the equivalent of a GTX 970.

Another fact that already shows that 2 way or higher graphics configurations is not that great is that only 10% of the entire gaming community actually runs SLI/CFX. The other 90% run single GPU configs.