Crossfire 7950's to 390X?

Depending on how you clocked those cards it could be a side grade at times.

I'm not disappointed with my similar sidegrade. I doubt that you would be either
 
thanks guys, thought it would be more of a side-grade.
fact is I'm kind of tired of crossfire profiles showing up 6 months after game release at best when not showing up at all.
I'm tempted to try the last Batman game despite all the crap being thrown at it, and figured a single high-end GPU with 8Gb VRAM would help.
two 7950's leave you stuck with 3Gb anyway, and I'm beginning to get quite spoiled by 2560x1440 VSR:yes:
 
290x is not much different than 7970. I run 7970 in Crossfire and for 1080p gaming nothing worth upgrading to. Everything runs smooth on max. Software is really catching up slow with the hardware. I never kept the video cards this long as I did with 7970 which I bought a day after the release. It is has been what?? couple years now :lol:
 
sorry for bringing this up again, but since I'm tempted to go 390X, is there anything up AMD's sleeve to make it wort waiting a while longer?
 
I've ordered a XFX R9 390X last night...so I expect my card should arriving on this Sunday. From 7950 Ghz to R9 390X should be a good upgrade for me. :D

I also ordered a Dell Ultrasharp 25" U2515H 1440p as well! :drool:
 
still can't figure out whether AMD has something coming out that will make it worth waiting, because I'm awfully tempted to ditch Crossfire and go 390X now. Any additional suggestions? :D
 
I am thinking near 6 months for a new series from AMD.

Price drops on furys might be tempting..might even get one that unlocks to a fury X if your lucky.

Pretty happy with my fury x
 
Lurk said:
still can't figure out whether AMD has something coming out that will make it worth waiting, because I'm awfully tempted to ditch Crossfire and go 390X now. Any additional suggestions? :D
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I'd wait. The AMD mainstream cards might launch in 2 months as rumored....who knows? But it's not gonna be cheap. Remember that. But personally, I already upgraded to 390X from 7950 Ghz Edition and pretty happy with it.
 
Do you really really need an upgrade now Lurk ? For you it may be wise to wait for Polaris..390 have an almost 3 year architecture..
If you really want to upgrade now maybe wait for the Fury Pro price drop or is beyond your budget ?
 
badsykes said:
Do you really really need an upgrade now Lurk ? For you it may be wise to wait for Polaris..390 have an almost 3 year architecture..
If you really want to upgrade now maybe wait for the Fury Pro price drop or is beyond your budget ?
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No. Just save $$$ until newer 14nm chips come out...so you can burn your $500-$600 for higher performance of the 1440p/4K.
 
badsykes said:
Do you really really need an upgrade now Lurk ? For you it may be wise to wait for Polaris..390 have an almost 3 year architecture..
If you really want to upgrade now maybe wait for the Fury Pro price drop or is beyond your budget ?
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A 390X is 450Euros where I live (485$) and that's about as far as I can stretch.
I'm convincing myself to wait for whatever comes next, though.
Thanks for your help, guys :up:
 
here I am again. I'm close to getting a 390x, but a great dilemma comes.
I have three 24'' monitors that are DVI-out.

The Sapphire 390X has three DisplayPort 1.2, one HDMI and one DVI connection.

I would ideally connect all three monitors to DisplayPort, but I obviously need three adapters.

Now the questions:

Do they have to be ACTIVE DisplayPort 1.2 adapters? The variety of brands and types out there is sorta scary, kinda holding me back from upgrading :bleh:
 
Lurk said:
here I am again. I'm close to getting a 390x, but a great dilemma comes.
I have three 24'' monitors that are DVI-out.

The Sapphire 390X has three DisplayPort 1.2, one HDMI and one DVI connection.

I would ideally connect all three monitors to DisplayPort, but I obviously need three adapters.

Now the questions:

Do they have to be ACTIVE DisplayPort 1.2 adapters? The variety of brands and types out there is sorta scary, kinda holding me back from upgrading :bleh:
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60hz isnt an issue with adapters as there is several options
120hz+ needs the expensive adapters and one is better off buying 3 new screens with DP instead of doing the adapter thing.

if one buys 3 screens for eyefunity, freesync is supported with eyefunity but all 3 screens needs to be the same brand of screens to support freesync.

If one buys a screen today make sure it has displayports.
I am upgrading my screens slowly one at the time as my old screens was showing their age and needed to go.
 
Lurk said:
A 390X is 450Euros where I live (485$) and that's about as far as I can stretch.
I'm convincing myself to wait for whatever comes next, though.
Thanks for your help, guys :up:
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https://www.caseking.de/vtx3d-radeon-r9-390x-triple-fan-8192-mb-gddr5-gcvt-074.html

If you get a cheap shipping you get the 390x cheaper ... enjoy

Shipping costs from Caseking to Italy ... 14euros.

https://www.caseking.de/ckShippingcosts

With around 50 euros you can get cookies and champagne ...
 
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thx much badskyes, Sapphire Nitro 390X with backplate is now available for 419 Euros here. I'm about to place my order and should be able to pick it up in a couple of days

http://www.eprice.it/schede-video-SAPPHIRE/d-8412860

After finding out that Rise of the Tomb Raider runs better on one 7950 even with the AMD hotfix that's supposed to have a Crossfire profile, the limit has been reached. I'm utterly sick of this mgpu farce (it's what it is) and I want to enjoy gaming with a single gpu for the rest of the year. Will let you know how it goes.
 
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