Which gpu option should I choose

[ThatGuyLookingForAdvice]

Should I crossfire 2 r9 290's

or

Should I purchase and use a single gtx 780 ti

 

[i1yas]

Go for single powerful gpu always sli/crossfire is complicated for newbie and also for good games

 

[Silas Woodruff]

Fill out your system specs so we can give better guidance.

 

[RCoon]

Single 970 or 980 if you can afford it. I see no reason to buy a 780ti now maxwell is out. And as always, single GPU over dual GPU.

 

[Aioras]

Single powerful gpu is allways the best choice if you don´t wanna mess with possible stuttering or sli/crossfire bad scaling, but... If you play games supported by sli/cfx and you like to spend your time with drivers or configs... 2 X R9 290 will badly destroy a single GTX 780ti by far. (Battlefield 4, Crysis 3, Dragon Age Inquisition, Metro Last Light, Bioshock Infinite.... they all benefits a Crossfire setup).

I have a cfx setup with 2 HD7950 and I´m really happy with it, so from my experience I would choose 2 X R9 290.

Good luck!

 

[Devon68]

It depends......
What is your CPU?
What PSU you have? and how many wats?
What monitor you have and at what resolution do you play?
What you use your PC for?

But even if you play at 1440p I think a single 780ti will be enough.

 

[64K]

If you're still going with the build you posted here

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/help-me-improve-the-build-please.207309/

then you could go with either option. R9 290 crossfire would give you a good bit more performance than a single GTX 780Ti. I would recommend if you're going to be gaming at 1080p or 1440p then pick up a MSI GTX 970 Gaming card. I have one and it's great.

 

[AsRock]

It depends......
What is your CPU?
What PSU you have? and how many wats?
What monitor you have and at what resolution do you play?
What you use your PC for?

But even if you play at 1440p I think a single 780ti will be enough.

THIS, although think about depending on the res he's playing if 1080 and lower there should be no reason to get another card in the 1st place.

 

[BarbaricSoul]

It depends......
What is your CPU?
What PSU you have? and how many wats?
What monitor you have and at what resolution do you play?
What you use your PC for?

But even if you play at 1440p I think a single 780ti will be enough.

a single ti can handle 1600p with every game I've tried so far, just an FYI

 

[64K]

THIS, although think about depending on the res he's playing if 1080 and lower there should be no reason to get another card in the 1st place.

I don't know if he has a card right now or even a PC for that matter. He's spread his new build out between 2 threads. The other one is here

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/help-me-improve-the-build-please.207309/

OP what, if anything, are you gaming with right now and what resolution will you have?

 

[Naito]

Should I crossfire 2 r9 290's

More performance but heavily reliant on drivers/game profiles. Would need to have a solid PSU. Rest of system would have to be up to scratch to avoid bottleneck.

Should I purchase and use a single gtx 780 ti

Still an excellent choice and can be picked up cheaper than say a GTX 980, however you can get a similarly performing GTX 970 for much cheaper (talking retail prices here) with the advantage of having an extra gig o' vram vs GTX 780Ti. Single cards are much less reliant on decent drivers/game optimization and tend to get decent performance off the bat. A high quality 500W+ PSU should suffice and less likely to be bottleneck if placed in a budget system.

Both would be fairly overkill for 1080P and really yearn for something higher.

 

[DOA]

Naito and I have different experiences....
1080P at 120Hz and full eye candy will bring a 970 to its knees in the games I play - you will want a second one. Or you can start with a 290X factory OC and add a second when you want to try 1440 or 4K. This puts you over the 500 watt PSU so consider a 750 Watt if you don't plan to get a new PSU when you upgrade.

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-290X-vs-GeForce-GTX-970
They prefer the 970 for now, take a look at the specs. The 290 is made for higher resolutions and trades off some low resolution performance to get it. Up to you to decide.

 

[ThatGuyLookingForAdvice]

I don't know if he has a card right now or even a PC for that matter. He's spread his new build out between 2 threads. The other one is here

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/help-me-improve-the-build-please.207309/

OP what, if anything, are you gaming with right now and what resolution will you have?

Resolution wise ill be gaming with a 1680x1050 60hz monitor at first and will later be picking up a 1980x1080 120hz monitor and will dual screen them

Edit: in terms of GPU atm im using a gtx 560

 

[Arjai]

Resolution wise ill be gaming with a 1680x1050 60hz monitor at first and will later be picking up a 1980x1080 120hz monitor and will dual screen them

?

 

[DOA]

No point in a 120Hz monitor if you dual screen with a 60 Hz, ditto 1080 and 1050. You wind up with two of the lower spec.
There are other considerations - what games (specific titles), max eye candy, 120 Hz and what you will be doing (online, MMO or FPS, cooperative, PVP or some of each).
A single 780Ti or 290X will do 1080 fine for an MMO or light PVP at 60 Hz high eye candy, but fall apart with heavy mass PVP at 120Hz and ultra eye candy. Dual monitor 1080 120 Hz ultra eye candy or 4K is dual GPU time. This can be mitigated somewhat by paying the nVidia $200 toll for gsync or waiting for the freesync version.

 

[Naito]

1080P at 120Hz and full eye candy will bring a 970 to its knees in the games I play -

You are very much correct, but I was assuming 60Hz monitor as not much information was given originally.

 

[eidairaman1]

A single 290 will handle 1920x1080p just fine. No need to blow extra money.