AMD FX-8350 + Crossfire MSI R9 380 Armor 2x?

[thedolphin]

Hello I am intending on getting the 8350 cpu paired with two r9 380s and my questions is will the cpu bottleneck running the two cards?

I am looking to game at 1080p ultra 60fps and this graphics card model has 2gb of vram individually

I have plenty of power for these components I just want to know if it will work out, let me know if you need any more part specs

Thanks

 

[madmatt30]

What motherboard model ??

Personally I wouldn't crossfire 2gb cards , you're going to be limited by vram to some extent even at 1080p.

Better off with a single 390 or gtx 970.

 

[thedolphin]

What motherboard model ??

Personally I wouldn't crossfire 2gb cards , you're going to be limited by vram to some extent even at 1080p.

Better off with a single 390 or gtx 970.

Motherboard model is the MSI 970A Krait Edition

Also yeah but I will be running it on one monitor and putting 2gb of vram together gives me 4 total for graphic textures in games right?

I am looking at putting this cards in crossfire because I happen to have two of them and they look really cool with other stuff in my system, also yeah main question will the cpu handle using the two cards in crossfire though?

 

[madmatt30]

No mate vram doesn't stack , 2gb+2gb=2gb useable still.

I run an 8320@4.3ghz with a pair of 280x's, it performs well enough & is comparable .
There is no doubt some CPU limitation but not massively noticeable as long as you're happy with 60fps.

 

[thedolphin]

No mate vram doesn't stack , 2gb+2gb=2gb useable still.

I run an 8320@4.3ghz with a pair of 280x's, it performs well enough & is comparable .
There is no doubt some CPU limitation but not massively noticeable as long as you're happy with 60fps.

Ok that makes sense

So is there any point in doing crossfire with these cards at all, does the speed of processing go up? I also went with these two because they suited the colour sync of my build. Otherwise I suppose I will look for another card that is black and white

 

[madmatt30]

https://us.msi.com/Graphics-card/GTX-970-4GD5T-OC.html#hero-overview

http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/amd-radeon-r9-300-series/amd-radeon-r9-390-double-dissipation-black-edition-r9-390p-8db6

http://powercolor.com/au/products_features.asp?id=595

All better single card choices IMO.

 

[Chester Rico]

There's absolutely no reason to crossfire at 1080p. All you'll get is compatibility trouble for little gain.
But no, there's no "bottleneck" (one of the most annoyingly over-/misused terms these days...)

 

[Nublit]

What motherboard model ??

Personally I wouldn't crossfire 2gb cards , you're going to be limited by vram to some extent even at 1080p.

Better off with a single 390 or gtx 970.

Motherboard model is the MSI 970A Krait Edition

Also yeah but I will be running it on one monitor and putting 2gb of vram together gives me 4 total for graphic textures in games right?

I am looking at putting this cards in crossfire because I happen to have two of them and they look really cool with other stuff in my system, also yeah main question will the cpu handle using the two cards in crossfire though?

No, DX11 and under doesn't work that way. It uses the both cards to render the same textures and so it's as if you're using only 2gb. DX12 is planning to fix this though. I agree on you going for a single card. Better price to performance and you can always crossfire or sli that later when you have the extra money.