Best course of action? 160 on XF or 320 on new card?

[makugx]

GREETINGS!

Trying to decide what's more convinient. Who knows?

Buy 1 more of the same card for CROSSFIRE? ($160)
OR
BUY 1 better card for twice the money ($320)

To increase my pc's power.

Keep in mind, my mobo and CPU are old. So I'm not sure they'll be able to keep up. SO far I'm running the latest games at almost (half HIGH) half MAXED OUT and it's about 25-30fps.
60FPS with all on high. (METAL GEAR GZ AND WITCHER 3)


My rig

VCARD
SAPPHIRE DUAL-X 100373L Radeon R9 280 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX
MOBO
ASUS P7P55D Deluxe LGA 1156 Intel P55
RAM
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
CPU (current)
2.67 gigahertz Intel Core i5 750


THAAAANK YOU!

 

[spagalicious]

You COULD potentially run into some bottleneck issues, but nah. In general, a GPU upgrade will definitely deliver in terms of gaming performance. Definitely dump the 280, you don't want two of those whizzing away in your rig.

Check out the Powercolor 290X 4GB. Review:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015/03/30/powercolor_pcs_r9_290x_video_card_review/7#.VcOaWvn4-M8

Newegg $310, with $20 rebate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131665&cm_re=290x-_-14-131-665-_-Product

Hope this helps!

 

[makugx]

Thanks a lot! that helps!