Replacing Crossfire HD 7950 with single/SLI/Dual GPU from Nvidia ($300-$600)

[crazywill32]

Hi Everyone,

I know this is a common question but i couldn't find the right post with the answer.

I currently have some Crossfire HD 7950s. I have been getting a lot of graphics crashes where the displays go down and then the GPU fans go to 100%. This happens after swapping cards and each card is used as the primary. I have a 1000W Power supply and and i5 ivy bridge

As I have been out of the market for a while (2 years) I am looking for some help on finding a replacement(s). I use my computer primarily for my research activities including some dabbling into the GPU computing realm. Some times however I do decide to play some games and when I do it is nice to have power to play games on rather high settings. I only feel the need to use 1080p monitors so i know that even on newer games that most mid-level gpus will be fine to push the graphics higher.

My question is what should i go with? I am considering jumping to NVidia cards because of the changing landscape of OpenACC and other computing constructs.

Is it still worth doing Crossfire/SLI or just get a dual GPU card? I am also ok with a single GPU replacement with similar performance.

So far I have looked into single GPU replacement using 970s and 980s but there i haven't seen numbers comparing a crossfire vs a single gpu.

Thanks for the help

 

[Forgotten031511]

If you want PURE PERFORMANCE and have that budget, get the GTX 980 Ti. That card will tackle anything you throw at it. Then in a year or so when the price drops, get a second GTX 980 Ti for SLI (not needed yet) and have your video cards play any game at 4K for the next 4-5 years!

 

[madmatt30]

A single 970 is pretty much on par with a 7950 cf config - give or take 5%.

Essentially though with most games being blatantly nvidia biased it tends to perform better than it should comparatively.

 

[crazywill32]

A single 970 is pretty much on par with a 7950 cf config - give or take 5%.

Essentially though with most games being blatantly nvidia biased it tends to perform better than it should comparatively.

This was actually along the lines of information I was looking for but I looked and decided to go with the other answer.

Thanks