Radeon HD 7850 in XFIRE - Or single card?

[dduttry]

Ok everyone, I have a question.

I am looking to upgrade my rig. Currently, the only component I plan to keep is my Sapphire Radeon 7850 HD (2GB).

I plan to buy a board that supports 2x PCI Express 3.0 cards (at 8x), and match it with a i5-3570k and 8GB of 1600 ram.


My question: Do you believe it is better to buy an additional Sapphire Radeon 7850 HD (2GB) and run in XFire, or sell my used 7850 and buy a 300-400 single card?

I want to get the best graphics performance, of course.

 

[Robert Pankiw]

Crossfire is dependent on drivers, more so than single card setups. If you know you aren't sensitive to micro stuttering, and are willing to give crossfire / SLI headaches an honest effort, it may be worth it, but usually you want to go for the best, single GPU card in your price range.

I recommend getting a single card.