Mode13
Gawd
- Joined
- Jun 11, 2018
- Messages
- 907
Note that this isn't my main rig, my main has a vega64 in it, but I'm addicted to folding@home so I want to beef up my backup rig on a super stingy budget. Just spit-balling ideas.
I was tossing around the idea doing crossfire with my 290 as I saw a matching sapphire 290 Tri-x go on ebay for only like $75.. but eh.. I don't know if I want to deal with crossfire, and my 290 is only a 4gb model. All I want to do is get absolute max frame rates (don't care about power consumption, machine has a hx850i anyway) without blowing big money. That pretty much leaves anything above a 1070 / 580 out of the picture afaik.
I don't have too much money to spend, so I was considering posting a want add in the buy/sell forum here to "trade + cash" the 290 to maybe a 980Ti and overclock the 980Ti to hell.. Is that my best option? Just say screw it and get a second 290? Rob a bank?
Is navi going to come out and shake the hell out of the mid range market?
What do I do!
I was tossing around the idea doing crossfire with my 290 as I saw a matching sapphire 290 Tri-x go on ebay for only like $75.. but eh.. I don't know if I want to deal with crossfire, and my 290 is only a 4gb model. All I want to do is get absolute max frame rates (don't care about power consumption, machine has a hx850i anyway) without blowing big money. That pretty much leaves anything above a 1070 / 580 out of the picture afaik.
I don't have too much money to spend, so I was considering posting a want add in the buy/sell forum here to "trade + cash" the 290 to maybe a 980Ti and overclock the 980Ti to hell.. Is that my best option? Just say screw it and get a second 290? Rob a bank?
Is navi going to come out and shake the hell out of the mid range market?
What do I do!
Last edited: