7950 crossfire, looking for 2nd card

[dontcrosthestreams]

I currently have a 7950 3gb. I play at 1440p and I am in need of a second card in order to max out my frame rates. Its impossible to find a used 7950 at a reasonable price. I bought mine new for 310$ a year ago and all the used ones I see are for 450 plus. When the r9 280 non x comes out can I use it in crossfire with the 7950 or should I sell my 7950 and buy a r9 280x- r9 290 non x?

 

[Gam3r01]

You wont be able to Xfire the 7950 with anything but a 7950. The exception are some 77xx series, or the 7970. Since coin-mining has driven prices for 7950s and almost all amd cards up, you are going to be hard pressed to find ANY at a reasonable price. A 280x would be on par with a 7970, so a 290+ would be the only real upgrade.

 

[dontcrosthestreams]

thanks for the answer....time to wait for 290's to come back down to release price of 399 not 499. People are still mining on gfx cards? lol. Time to sell my 7950 for more than I bought it ha!!

 

[Gam3r01]

For some reason AMD cards have been through the roof for mining, and I thought it was dead haha.

 

[dontcrosthestreams]

For some reason AMD cards have been through the roof for mining, and I thought it was dead haha.

I know, 650 mhs will make you like 3$ a month lol. Time to find out were asic's are made and swipe like 10 of em!!

 

[Gam3r01]

There you go haha

 

[HawJin]

I currently have a 7950 3gb. I play at 1440p and I am in need of a second card in order to max out my frame rates. Its impossible to find a used 7950 at a reasonable price. I bought mine new for 310$ a year ago and all the used ones I see are for 450 plus. When the r9 280 non x comes out can I use it in crossfire with the 7950 or should I sell my 7950 and buy a r9 280x- r9 290 non x?

Hi please be aware that when you Crossfiring two GPU's,the better one will automatically downgrade itself in order to cope with the weaker one.So its better for you to get back the same GPU and overclocked it to the same Core Clock and Memory Clock as the previous one you using. Hope i helped 😀