Looking to crossfire, help a noobie out!

[ConnorDurbin]

So, like it says in the title, I have a sapphire hd 7870 xt along with 8gb of ram, an i5 3570k, a corsair 600 watt power supply and an asrock extreme 4 z77 mobo. I want to crossfire another 7870 xt, however, i was wondering if the differences would be marginal or large? I don't want to spend an extra £190 on this card and it not make much difference due to my CPU bottle necking it etc. Any help is much appreciated!

 

[getochkn]

those are cards that scale well.

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/MSI-R7870-HAWK-Review-and-CrossFire-Performance-AMD-HD-7870-Steriods/Result-3

Tonnes more benchmarks out there but they scale to almost 100% boost in a proper crossfire and with the right game.

 

[polke45]

It depends on what game you are playing. Some games are optimize for it, some isn't. In most case, you want to crossfire if you want to increase the 2GB video card ram so it can support more monitors.

 

[iceclock]

We'll ur 600 watt should be able to crossfire. And if u can afford it it's gonna rock da house in terms of fops .

 

[ConnorDurbin]

It depends on what game you are playing. Some games are optimize for it, some isn't. In most case, you want to crossfire if you want to increase the 2GB video card ram so it can support more monitors.

I'm mostly going to be playing newer games like COD Ghosts, Battlefield 4 (I played the beta and the card on its own was running at about 30 fps ultra at 720p), Also, the fact that I play on a budget samsung HD tv which can only support 720p, will that make any difference?

 

[rvilkman]

CPU bottlenecking will not happen with that CPU. Depending on the game you are looking from 10-100% increase in performance. Average probably being somewhere in the 50-70% range.

 

[polke45]

It depends on what game you are playing. Some games are optimize for it, some isn't. In most case, you want to crossfire if you want to increase the 2GB video card ram so it can support more monitors.

I'm mostly going to be playing newer games like COD Ghosts, Battlefield 4 (I played the beta and the card on its own was running at about 30 fps ultra at 720p), Also, the fact that I play on a budget samsung HD tv which can only support 720p, will that make any difference?

It should be a noticeable difference if you Crossfire for these blockbuster games.

 

[ConnorDurbin]

those are cards that scale well.

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/MSI-R7870-HAWK-Review-and-CrossFire-Performance-AMD-HD-7870-Steriods/Result-3

Tonnes more benchmarks out there but they scale to almost 100% boost in a proper crossfire and with the right game.

CPU bottlenecking will not happen with that CPU. Depending on the game you are looking from 10-100% increase in performance. Average probably being somewhere in the 50-70% range.

Exactly what I wanted to know. I currently have a 1TB HDD and 500 GB back up, my dad was saying that instead of getting a new GPU get an SSD and run the games and operating system off of that, what will be better?

 

[rvilkman]

Not gaming performance wise.

But it makes the computer feel faster in other use such as booting up and launching applications.

 

[ConnorDurbin]

Not gaming performance wise.

But it makes the computer feel faster in other use such as booting up and launching applications.

Awesome. Looks like ill be ordering another GPU off of amazon in the next couple of minutes, thanks guys!

 

[iceclock]

excellent enjoy