What's this set up like? anything I'm missing? will the components work well together? + is the PSU enough?

[PedramCarter]

I currently have R9 290X 12GB rip jaw ddr3, I have 650w xfx, ASUS® M5A97 R2, 8350 AMD.

I'm currently looking at an upgrade, I would like to dual crossfire my r9 290x with gtx 1080 (it's possible with directx12.

here is what I'm considering for an upgrade.

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Turbo 8GB Graphics Card

£597.95 £597.95

HyperX FURY 8GB (1x 8GB) 2133MHz DDR4 RAM

£47.74 £95.48

Gigabyte B150N Phoenix-WIFI Intel Socket 1151


£83.22 £83.22

XFX Pro 850W Modular PSU 80+ Gold

£127.95 £127.95

 

[esco_sid]

Just don't lol it will not work pick either AMD or Nvidia for your graphics cards.

 

[Barty1884]

It's possible with DX12, but very few games utilize it at this point - so the gains would be limited to those titles at best, and non existent in others.

If you're dead-set on the dual GPU setup, that B150 board isn't going to do it. For one, it's mITX so only has the single PCIe slot, secondly, I don't believe the B150 chipset supports dual GPU's full stop.

I don't see any CPU in that upgrade, which would obviously be a necessary upgrade. Skylake also benefits heavily from dual-channel RAM opposed to a single module.

 

[Herc08]

That's not even possible.. to run SLI and Crossfire at the same time? If you can, just go with eh 1080, and you should be fine. Way more powerful than the r9 290x

 

[Barty1884]

Ok @ Herc08& esco_sid, it *is* possible with DX12 via Explicit Multi-Adapter.

Again, unless you solely play Ashes of the Singularity, you won't see many gains (if any) so it's not worth it. But it *is* possible.

 

[Herc08]

Ok @ Herc08& esco_sid, it *is* possible with DX12 via Explicit Multi-Adapter.

Again, unless you solely play Ashes of the Singularity, you won't see many gains (if any) so it's not worth it. But it *is* possible.

thanks for the update. Like you said, it's rate, and no true benefit. Especially from a R9 290X and a GTX 1080.

 

[esco_sid]

Ok @ Herc08& esco_sid, it *is* possible with DX12 via Explicit Multi-Adapter.

Again, unless you solely play Ashes of the Singularity, you won't see many gains (if any) so it's not worth it. But it *is* possible.

I know its possible but in 99.99% cases it wont work so just said it wont work.

 

[Barty1884]

:lol: except it will work? Clearly the OP knows it will - hence he's asking & even pointed out it's with Dx12.

I agree, 99+% of the time it's pointless, but it's better to explain that than to simply claim "it won't work", as that's just not true.

 

[madmatt30]

Well it certainly won't work if he's trying to run an 8350 on a b150 skylake board !! ??

 

[madmatt30]

Which incidentally only has a single PCI express slot.

 

[Barty1884]

:lol: very true MM - I caught that in my first response.

 

[PedramCarter]

:lol: except it will work? Clearly the OP knows it will - hence he's asking & even pointed out it's with Dx12.

I agree, 99+% of the time it's pointless, but it's better to explain that than to simply claim "it won't work", as that's just not true.

I'm just basing my information on this, http://www.pcworld.com/article/3036760/hardware/the-impossible-has-happened-radeon-and-geforce-come-together-in-directx-12.html feel free to correct me .

 

[madmatt30]

^ no you're absolutely right, it is now theoretically possible ( in a grand total of 1 game)

What's not at all possible is doing it with the component list you selected as an upgrade path.

 

[Barty1884]

OP, I'm the one who was agreeing with you :lol:. I know it *can* work.

What I'm saying though, is it's a bit of a waste at the moment - you're ahead of the curve.

Currently, very few games (i believe only Ashes of the Singularity) support it. Therefor, you'd be keeping a 290X around waiting for the day you could use them both in tandem. Realistically, a 1080 is more than enough for most people in 2016/17.

If, in future EMA takes off & is fully supported, I would hazard a guess than it'll be so far in the future a 290X won't be particularly viable (could be wrong though, but full-scape EMA support ain't happening in 2017)

 

[PedramCarter]

OP, I'm the one who was agreeing with you :lol:. I know it *can* work.

What I'm saying though, is it's a bit of a waste at the moment - you're ahead of the curve.

Currently, very few games (i believe only Ashes of the Singularity) support it. Therefor, you'd be keeping a 290X around waiting for the day you could use them both in tandem. Realistically, a 1080 is more than enough for most people in 2016/17.

If, in future EMA takes off & is fully supported, I would hazard a guess than it'll be so far in the future a 290X won't be particularly viable (could be wrong though, but full-scape EMA support ain't happening in 2017)

Thank you for your response haha, I got a little confused, so I wasn't sure if you were agreeing or disagreeing, but I see the valid point you're making. By the time it's useful to be able to use them both they'll probably be better GPU's out there anyway. By the way my current set up, what do you think of it? I can run literally most games on max setting I just have over heating issues, and my CPU and GPU are not overclocked and I'm on stock fans.

 

[Barty1884]

Yeah, you got it now.

An 8350 is still a pretty viable CPU, and since you already have it & it's doing what you want, there's really no rush to replace it.

As for the cooling aspect, if it's affecting both CPU & GPU, you likely have some case airflow issues that can be addressed.
An aftermarket CPU cooler is an easy replacement (and cheap!), but you probably have some problems overall as far as case airflow.

 

[madmatt30]

Yup - what barty says.

Your general components are good quality.
Just the 290x (irregardless of brand) has always been a hot running card.
Insufficient case airflow & a stock amd cooler are always going to result in bad temps atcthe end of the day.

What case & fan configuration are you actually busing