Question Crossfire Help using R9 370

[The No Face Guy]

Hi. I have a question for all the viewers of this thread. Does AMD Radeon R9 370 support crossfire? If yes, is it worth it? If no, can the GTX 760 do SLI?

I am planning to do the crossfire on Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3 in case you need it.

And one last thing, I created a poll for you to say which one is better.

 

[Nemesia]

Don't do SLI of Crossfire. Go for 1 good GPU instead. SLI is dying and is not even supported by half the stuff out there. Any experienced PC user will tell you the same on this forum.

1 good GPU > SLI. Trust me on this.

 

[The No Face Guy]

If in case i do it, what are the advantages or are there only disadvantages?

 

[Nemesia]

If in case i do it, what are the advantages or are there only disadvantages?

Compared to using only 1 GPU that is better than both the GPU in SLI there is only disadvantages. Save yourself the trouble and only use 1. People you see that have 2 2080TI or something of the sort are enthusiast PC user that doesn't mind not using the second GPU 99% of the time.

 

[The No Face Guy]

Alright. Thanks for your help. Which one of the following do you think is better? I created a poll above. Just say which one is best among them.

 

[Nemesia]

Alright. Thanks for your help. Which one of the following do you think is better? I created a poll above. Just say which one is best among them.

the GTX 960 is the best one there performance wise. I would recommend you get the GTX 960 4GB instead of the 2GB variant. Do you have a budget for the GPU? If yes let me know how much you're ready to spend. I'm pretty sure I can recommend something better than the 3 you wrote up there.

 

[The No Face Guy]

Before you start answering anything, please note that i am buying these things on aliexpress.
Somewhere around 77 usd (5500 INR)

 

[Nemesia]

Before you start answering anything, please note that i am buying these things on aliexpress.
Somewhere around 77 usd (5500 INR)

Then buy that GTX 960

I assume you have a decent power supply with at least 400-450 Watts?

 

[The No Face Guy]

Yeah a 500w one. Here is the link for it - Link to open

 

[Nemesia]

Yeah a 500w one. Here is the link for it - Link to open

I have no idea if this is a good PSU. I cannot even find it in my PSU tier list but it should do the job fine as far as the Watts goes. What GPU do you have right now?

 

[The No Face Guy]

Err.. you're gonna laugh by seeing this. AMD Radeon R7 240. YES. I know just see what the plan is. I am upgrading my PC totally.
Let me show you what I am doing.
OLD SPECS:
CPU: Amd Phenom II x4 B55 @3.2Ghz
RAM: 10GB 1600MHz
GPU: You know about this...
Mobo: BIOSTAR T-Series TA880GB+

NEW SPECS:
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790 @ 3.6Ghz
RAM: That same good ol' DDR3 10GB
GPU: As you told, a GTX 960 by Gigabyte.

 

[Nemesia]

Err.. you're gonna laugh by seeing this. AMD Radeon R7 240. YES. I know just see what the plan is. I am upgrading my PC totally.
Let me show you what I am doing.
OLD SPECS:
CPU: Amd Phenom II x4 B55 @3.2Ghz
RAM: 10GB 1600MHz
GPU: You know about this...
Mobo: BIOSTAR T-Series TA880GB+

NEW SPECS:
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790 @ 3.6Ghz
RAM: That same good ol' DDR3 10GB
GPU: As you told, a GTX 960 by Gigabyte.

The i7 4790 is better than that old AMD Phenom II x4 955 BUT it's not the same socket as the i7 which is intel. You will need a new motherboard and with a new motherboard you will have to look if that RAM is supported in that new motherboard at the board official website memory support list.

 

[The No Face Guy]

Oh sorry, forgot to mention... the new mobo is Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3 which has lga 1150 socket which supports all core series 4th gen processors. And ddr3 too.

 

[The No Face Guy]

Does it bottleneck though? Im not sure.