Is crossfire good?

[Christopher Simpson]

Im building a pc and i want 2 of this graphics card thats crossfire compatible https://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr7250x1gbd5he.
My friend told me that some games dont support crossfire but i was wondering if those games would still run just not use both gpus or if it wont run at all

 

[Gam3r01]

*most* games support Xfire, just not as well as a single card.
I would not recommend doing Xfire on low end cards, anything below a 280x really. Its diminishing returns compared to a single better card, especially in the low end.

 

[Christopher Simpson]

*most* games support Xfire, just not as well as a single card.
I would not recommend doing Xfire on low end cards, anything below a 280x really. Its diminishing returns compared to a single better card, especially in the low end.

I posted the link to the GPU. Would it be good for Xfire?

 

[i7Baby]

They will just use one GPU.

2 GPUs in Crossfire run at about 1.8 x one GPU.

 

[Gam3r01]

No. Like I said, low end cards are not a good idea to use in Xfire.

 

[Christopher Simpson]

They will just use one GPU.

2 GPUs in Crossfire run at about 1.8 x one GPU.

Sorry if Im asking too many questions but im confused. So if i leave both in my pc and launch a certain game, the game will use 1 gpu but will it crash or anything?

 

[Gam3r01]

One card is the master card, this is the one the monitors have to be plugged into. It does the bulk of the work.
The second card is the "slave" card, it processes data for the first.

In Xfire, both cards are working, only one will output video, but both calculate data.
Having two cards wont crash the system, if they are in Xfire.

 

[smeezekitty]

Crossfire is fine (the problems were pretty much fixed a long time ago now)
but I agree that CF of a 250X isn't worthwhile. You should get a single higher-end card instead