Crossfire MSI Radeon R9 280 3G cards, is it worth it?

[DudeZev91]

Hi,

Currently I am using a single MSI R9 280 Radeon card. Is it worth it to have two of these? Or are there any better combinations/options which I should consider?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Gingerbread]

When you are asking a question like this, you have to post your budget and your full system specifications so that we can answer appropriately. Right now the answer is "depends" which is not good enough.

 

[DudeZev91]

My bad.

Budget: 250-300 Euros

System: i7 920 @2.67GHz, Mobo X58 pro-e, 2x8 GB DIMM DDR3, GPU R9 280, SSD Crucial M 550 CT 256, PSU Cooler Master B600W

 

[Gingerbread]

Your power supply cant feed two of those, you will need a new powersupply. Other than that, it will be a performance increase.

 

[DudeZev91]

Thanks for your reply. How significant will the increase be? I can't find any results on the web about that. Do you know?

 

[Gingerbread]

Well it will be good, will outperform the r9 290, however is it worth it? In my eyes not really. If you really need more power then better get a gtx 970 or something even better.