Two r9 290x

[Burk001]

Would two r9 290x run 3 1920x1080 monitors playing BF 4 at ultra, or should i get three 280x to have 3gb of Vram per screen.

 

[Sakkura]

Crossfire VRAM doesn't work that way. Each card has the exact same information in its memory, so all three monitors' worth of data needs to fit in 4GB with 290Xs or 3GB with 280Xs.

 

[Burk001]

So in other words it would probably be best to go with one 290X. Sorry the reply took so long I was at work. So what would your recommendation be?

 

[Adam Ferrick]

Considering the current temperatures of the R9 290x (running at 95C a good amount of the time), I'd say don't do that just yet. Wait for custom coolers and then consider Xfire.

 

[pinoyremix]

i agree if your going with r9 290x, wait for aftermarket coolers.

 

[Erik Berg]

Would two r9 290x run 3 1920x1080 monitors playing BF 4 at ultra, or should i get three 280x to have 3gb of Vram per screen.

i saw something earlier today in which a guy ran 3x 4k resolution monitors on battlefield 4 on ultra on 2x 290x's in crossfire and was getting over 60fps. im pretty sure one card can handle 3x 1080p montitors by itself. hell my old uberclocked HIS radeon ice q turbo card can handle 3x 1080p monitors with skyrim on maxed settings with a minimum fps of 26 and thats a 2gig/384bit bandwidth card.

beastly card for what it is, but it is a 40nm card and is a beast but the new 290x's shred games..

i been playing battlefield 4 beta in eyefinity with my 6970 and been getting 25-40fps on high settings with it. also helps that i have a 4.4ghz oc fx 8350 cpu. 16gig of ddr3 ram (2x 8 gig) an asus sabertooth 990fx gen3 R2.0 mobo, and a samsung 840 pro ssd all in a haf-x case so there is no bottleneck in the system to hold my card up.

i have a 290x coming as we speek, should arrive from newegg according to tracking info on saturday/tomorrow. cant wait 😀

 

[Burk001]

well that solves that I think. How long do you think until some aftermarket coolers come out?

 

[Erik Berg]

well that solves that I think. How long do you think until some aftermarket coolers come out?

if its like any other new card launch - 1-3 months