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Was weighing up Skylake or Halswell-E, for a 4k productivity/gaming rig, aim to build in the next month or so, when I decided it would probably help to hear it from the horses' mouth. Grabbed the Fury X user guide, noticed that AMD recommends the following;
Interestingly, that's the very first recommendation they make, without specifying what the second card should run at.
Anyone know of any benches between 16/16, 16/8 CFX Fury X setups? Or anyone with CFX Fury X keen to try?
Failing that, does AMD still have a rep here?
I'm apprehensive to cut corners with the 5820 or Skylake-S, owing to the fact that the Fury X does things a little differently, e.g. with shared pool CFX and 4Gb HBM, that both cards having a 16X lane, may become vital in near future. I understand AMD has already partially answered this question, but for 5820 vs 5930 price, really wondering if it's a matter of a percent or two if at all (as with traditional multi card), which then I'd rather put towards other parts.
Rig is primarily for video editing/content creation, laser programming, R&D, gaming, movies, etc.
Thank you [H]
'These recommendations apply to both single-card and dual-card installations:
PCI Express-based PC with at least one ×16 lane graphics slot available on the
motherboard'
Interestingly, that's the very first recommendation they make, without specifying what the second card should run at.
Anyone know of any benches between 16/16, 16/8 CFX Fury X setups? Or anyone with CFX Fury X keen to try?
Failing that, does AMD still have a rep here?
I'm apprehensive to cut corners with the 5820 or Skylake-S, owing to the fact that the Fury X does things a little differently, e.g. with shared pool CFX and 4Gb HBM, that both cards having a 16X lane, may become vital in near future. I understand AMD has already partially answered this question, but for 5820 vs 5930 price, really wondering if it's a matter of a percent or two if at all (as with traditional multi card), which then I'd rather put towards other parts.
Rig is primarily for video editing/content creation, laser programming, R&D, gaming, movies, etc.
Thank you [H]