running 5760x1080, 2x 7970 water cooled or 1 290 watercooled?

Dan

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friend is doing a build with 3 27" 1920x1080 screens. I ran 1 gigabtyte 290 at the resolution and was overall happy, but felt like it could use more. Would 2 7970's work better then a 290. We are talking about SW:tor, d3, WoW, CSGO. I don't think he plays very graphically demanding titles. Oh its being paired with a 3770k

edit: I also asked him if he's eyeing any game coming out that i should know about. He said WoW: WoD is about it.
 
For those games I would probably get the 290. He will not need crossfire for those games. Also he will have less trouble running a single card.
 
There's something magical about running 3 monitors off 1 card.

Crossfire may be different vs. SLI, but I always go with the single card solution now after the driver issues, game issues (CoH:2, Wolfenstein = no SLI/CF at ALL), and me experiencing Lightboost Surround issues since Nvidia does not like the EDID tricks.

2 7970s might be faster but in those games that do not support SLI (some of those games you listed, I imagine a single 290 even at that resolution to do well). I've used a single 780ti to handle 3240x1920 @ 120 Hz, and 4k @ 60 Hz, a r9 290 should be able to do the same while having slightly more memory and a larger bus for the higher resolution.

Some 290's can be bought for under $300, but I know not everyone is keen on buying used. If you do, just be sure the GPU manufacturer's warranty is based on the serial #.
 
I'm using triple 290 on 3x27" but I'm running 1440 monitors. By god do these things generate tons of heat. Thank god I live where it stays below 80 degrees most of the year.

Stay the hell away from anything pre 290 if you want to crossfire. The 7970s were shit in multi card configs, the 290s are awesome (assuming the game supports crossfire).
 
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