R9 280x TRI-X crossfire VS GTX 980

[GAGAN 55]

I already have a R9 280X TRI-X and wanted to upgrade my graphics so should i purchase another R9 280X TRI-X or sell my old card and buy an GTX 980???????

*in india, i will only get about half of the price of my old R9 280X*

Which is wise and does crossfire have any issue?????

 

[disturbed force]

MultiGPU setup will have issues especially if you pre order games you will find it usually takes time to get it running smooth, but in games it does work for the performance will be better then a single 980.It also depends on your psu if you can cf 280x's.

The 980 is expensive, if you are just gaming at 1080p I would suggest a 970.

 

[SimonEyez]

I agree ^ At 1080p a single MSI GTX 970 Gaming http://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-970-4G... should easily suffice and give you great framerates. It also has a much better price to performance ratio than the 980.

 

[GAGAN 55]

Does SLI have any issues if i want to run a SLI in future???????

 

[akensai]

In any case I always suggest against SLI (or Crossfire) due to the issues that present themselves in different games. As of now half the time you will be disabling your secondary GPU in order to play a lot of games. The best bet is to always go with a more powerful single GPU.

I have a GTX 980 ATX SC in my HTPC (long story that). I wouldn't suggest anything over it as is. I also have a Titan and 290x, for comparison of what I mean there.

 

[GAGAN 55]

so which card is better--------------------
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0AJ2978245
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500372
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125684

 

[akensai]

The Gigabyte coolers usually run a bit cooler than Zotac. I generally try to stay away from Zotac myself.

 

[SimonEyez]

I'm running SLI 970's and have no problems.

 

[jerdle]

SLI has the same issues as Crossfire

To answer your original question, (since nobody else did) two r9 280X cards will be more powerful than one GTX 980. However, as they HAVE pointed out, some games do run into multi GPU issues. (this is less of an issue than it used to be)

Since you are now considering a GTX 970... Two R9 280Xs have much more power than one GTX 970.

and as to your SLI question...SLI runs into the same problems as Crossfire.

Since you already own one 280X, you would get the most performance for your money by buying another 280X.

 

[17seconds]

A 7990 is going to come in right about the level of the GTX 690 in this chart. Did you know that AMD did not update their Crossfire driver profiles for four months recently, an eternity in the gaming world. No, Crossfire and SLI do not have the same problems to the same extent.

Here's a recent article about SLI:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-sli-faq,4079.html

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_980_Matrix/28.html

 

[GAGAN 55]

my main reason to upgrade is that i don't want to upgrade my pc for about 4 years or something, so i want the best graphics solution