Should I get another GPU or a new CPU?

WinterBlue

WinterBlue

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I have a $180 to spend on an upgrade. I am thinking about either upgrading my FX-6300 to a FX-8350 OR get another HD 7870 and run crossfire with my current 7870 card.

Which would be better or do you have a better idea?



Thanks!
 

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To achieve higher performance in games.
 

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Then I`d go with another card.
 

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The performance increase between an FX-6300 and an FX-8350 in gaming would be negligible at best.
 

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Or should I be asking if the second card would make much difference?
 

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A 2nd card will always help with gaming.
 

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main question is do you have a powerful enough psu to handle 2 cards?
 

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Oh good, I got the card and am not seeing any improvement in the FPS, if not worse.. Did I just waste $199 or am I doing something wrong?
 

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Corsair H110i GTX
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Did you install the crossfire bridge, did you configure crossfire in CCC ? Or where ever it is ?

Did you attach all the power cables from the PSU ?
 

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I would say so, since I have crossfire setup between two 7800 series cards in CCC and that MSI after burner has them listed in crossfire and the sapphire as master.
 

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i7 7700k @5.2GHz
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2x8GB G.Skill Trident-Z 3200MHz
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ZOTAC EXTREME AMP! GTX 1070
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1080p
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EVGA SuperNova 750W Modular
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Corsair 540
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Corsair H110i GTX
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Corsair RGB Silent Strafe
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Hmm, after using Afterburner to match their clock speeds at 1050MHz, it seems to be running just fine now. FPS has little over doubled, but... Now there are some random FPS drops in games like Tomb Raider and Dishonored.. This is a bit annoying, because it ran flawlessly on the one card at 50-60FPS.. but now it has random drops when running crossfire that is currently holding up 105-115FPS
 

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Windows 10
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i7 7700k @5.2GHz
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ASRock Taichi Z270
Memory
2x8GB G.Skill Trident-Z 3200MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ZOTAC EXTREME AMP! GTX 1070
Screen Resolution
1080p
PSU
EVGA SuperNova 750W Modular
Case
Corsair 540
Cooling
Corsair H110i GTX
Keyboard
Corsair RGB Silent Strafe
Mouse
Some $8 3200dpi mouse from china that has lasted well
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Shitty Adams.net- 40KB/s-1Mb/s
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Chrome. Duh.
Tommy should be able to help you out with that, he really knows his AMD cards ;)
 

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Intel Core i7 6700K
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Asus Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1
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GSkill TridentZ RGB 16GB 3600 16-16-16-36
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC x2
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition
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AOC G2460PG
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 144Hz
Hard Drives
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB, Seagate Barracuda 4TB x2
PSU
EVGA 1000 P2, EVGA White Custom Braided Cables
Case
Corsair Vengeance C70 Gunmetal Black
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Corsair H100i v2, Corsair ML120 x2, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
Keyboard
Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum
Mouse
Logitech G700s
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Verizon Fios Quantum Gateway 75/75
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Windows Defender, Malwarebytes Free 3.8.3
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Chrome
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Corsair SP120 x4, LG Blu-ray Drive, Durabrand HT-395 100 Watt Dolby Digital Amp, Corsair H2100 Wireless 7.1 Headset
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