I have the Sapphire Radeon Vapor-X HD 7970 and I wanted to know if the R9 280x can be crossfired with it or should I just get another 7970.
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Has to be the same series. You could use a 7950 or something else in the 7900 group.
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The R9 280X is a rebranded HD 7970 GHz so it is technically possible but not necessarily officially supported. http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/63551-will-crossfire-r9-280x-hd-7970-scaling-tested.htmlR9 280x <-> 7950/7970R9 270x <-> 7850/7870YMMV!
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The R9 280X is a rebranded HD 7970 GHz so it is technically possible but not necessarily officially supported. http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/63551-will-crossfire-r9-280x-hd-7970-scaling-tested.html R9 280x &lt;-&gt; 7950/7970 R9 270x &lt;-&gt; 7850/7870 YMMV!
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Only if it is another 280x. Any brand will work , but it is best to get an exact match.
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The R9 280X will pull around 225 Watts at full blast. You should be ok with the rest of your hardware and a 750 Watt power supply.
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Greetings, good question, honestly I can not answer it because I dont have much experience with SLI / CrossFire, and I dont want to give a mediocre response (sorry) but as far I know, You need the same video card, same model, to do the SLI or CrossFire.
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It depends on what you're really planning to run for your video card. I use this card with two Radeon HD 7790 1GB cards in CrossfireX and it runs fine. But if you were to go any higher than that with video cards, you're going to want a bigger PSU.
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Did you mean crossfire? Although there's no bridge connector provided, I'm given to understand that R9 290 cards are crossfired via the pcie ports itself. Please clarify this through google. Moreover, R9 290X should be crossfired with R9 290X and not R9 290 for best results. Hope this helps.
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yes you can, actually you can crossfire with one better than this card. well a friend told me that.
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When i bought this card a few years ago i had a 5850 crossfire and i had no trouble with it, i cant talk about compatibility with newer cards cause i sold it cause i was not using ir, the guy i sold it to changed all preamps and he's more than happy with it
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Yes this MSI AMD Radeon HD 7950 is crossfire ready. Sli is for Geforce cards only but this does have one bridge connector.
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Yes, I have 2 R9 280X cards in crossfire and they fit, there is a little gap in between but as you know most Nvidia cards heat less than radeon cards.
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You can crossfire it with a dedicated graphics card if it is one of the two... i think radeon hd 6570 or 6750 it will say on the box the cpu comes with. you could also just get a better graphics card which i recommend for higher end games. like an radeon R7. you may still be able to combine the graphics card and the GPU i havent tried yet
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Itll work perfectly.... but just note, the motherboard only supports older AMD CPU's which will all bottleneck the R9 280x. and also, there is no need to buy an 850w unit for just a dingle CPU and a single GPU... about 500-600W should be more than enough
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If you are replacing your current card, any X16 GPU slot will work, you can find what your motherboard supports and base off of that. If you are trying to Crossfire this graphics card with another card, check the AMD support page to find out.
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First, you realize that this APU allows for a crossfire configuration with some brands of AMD low profile GPUs correct? If you are already aware of that, then the next question is, does your motherboard actually support crossfire? If the answer is yes, then great, but keep in mind not all games are designed to run in crossfire mode and may actually suffer performance because of it. I actually just recommend one really high end GPU if you are really insistant on buying a GPU. I can't tell you what cards to crossfire because that is all a matter of opinion. I'd recommend you read reviews on NewEgg and then make a purchase based on that. Keep in mind this APU really rocks for the price it is at, I'd recommend trying it stand alone before buying a new GPU, it might save you some money.
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I think so, but i recommend you to buy sapphire 7970, i its better, i buy this but the otherone is better
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I suppose it depends on what you're planning to do. I bought the Sapphire Radeon Vapor-X HD 7770 GHZ OC because I do a lot of gaming. The problem is it takes up two slots, one for the card and one for the vent, so I'm down one PCI slot. I run in mid-to-high quality on FPS games and total HQ for my simulators with the Vapor X.
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AMD has moved to XDMA CrossFire, what this means is that all communication between crossfired cards occurs over the PCIE bus as opposed to seperate connectors. This has resulted in fewer frame time variances and less stuttering in crossfire configs.In short, Yes. Although you may want a beefy PSU.