Crossfire RX 560 build question

[mosho129]

So I am looking to build a new PC, and I have chosen the FX 8350, but the problem is, where I am from, we don't have a lot of GPUs to choose from. The best one available is RX 560 4GB. I know it's not the best GPU, but I was wondering if I could crossfire two of RX 560 to play games like WD2, Mafia 3, gta 5 etc. Also, will it bottleneck?

Note: please don't tell me one more expensive GPU is better than two cheaper ones, i know that, but no better GPU is available right now.

Thanks in advance

 

[Mike3k24]

I would not go with the FX nowadays, it's a dead platform and there's newer CPU's available. If I had to recommend I'd look at the Ryzen 5 series. Also the GPU situation is really unfortunate but I wouldn't put 2 560's in crossfire unless it really is the only gpu available and you have money to spend. Don't forget that the VRAM doesn't stack up when you do crossfire. Crossfire and SLI really don't perform as well as we'd like it to, it just doesn't scale well. Here's some benchmarks of the 560 https://youtu.be/PapxhxQNKMI

 

[mosho129]

I would not go with the FX nowadays, it's a dead platform and there's newer CPU's available. If I had to recommend I'd look at the Ryzen 5 series. Also the GPU situation is really unfortunate but I wouldn't put 2 560's in crossfire unless it really is the only gpu available and you have money to spend. Don't forget that the VRAM doesn't stack up when you do crossfire. Crossfire and SLI really don't perform as well as we'd like it to, it just doesn't scale well. Here's some benchmarks of the 560 https://youtu.be/PapxhxQNKMI

Thanks for the answer. I thought about Ryzen, but I don't want to upgrade my DDR3 memory, so I will probably stick with FX. Will I be able to play WD2, Mafia 3 and similar games if I were to make the FX 8350 and RX 560 Crossfire. Would maybe one RX 560 suffice or should I get two?

 

[Mike3k24]

Okay, what system do you have currently? I'm guessing an AM3 platform. But anyways the 560 should perform decently. You may not be able to perform on high settings but you should still get playable fps. This benchmark uses the 8350 and a 470, you can kinda guess your fps by watching https://youtu.be/fnd5AQ3txk0

 

[maxalge]

I would not go with the FX nowadays, it's a dead platform and there's newer CPU's available. If I had to recommend I'd look at the Ryzen 5 series. Also the GPU situation is really unfortunate but I wouldn't put 2 560's in crossfire unless it really is the only gpu available and you have money to spend. Don't forget that the VRAM doesn't stack up when you do crossfire. Crossfire and SLI really don't perform as well as we'd like it to, it just doesn't scale well. Here's some benchmarks of the 560 https://youtu.be/PapxhxQNKMI

Thanks for the answer. I thought about Ryzen, but I don't want to upgrade my DDR3 memory, so I will probably stick with FX. Will I be able to play WD2, Mafia 3 and similar games if I were to make the FX 8350 and RX 560 Crossfire. Would maybe one RX 560 suffice or should I get two?

your cpu is going to really hurt fps in those games, the FX are not good at all

CF is not recommended


sell what you have and upgrade to ryzen or intel


if you want to keep your ddr3 ( not recommended ) then intel is the way to go