been out too long whats in?

[DaMulta]

Those cards can only do 2 way crossfire. If you want 4 way, you're going to have to go 280x or higher, or the Nvidia alternative

Additionally if you want 4 way, you ought to consider x79/x99 instead of z87/97

So AMD killed lower grade quad? This is good info. Used too be you could buy 4 of the lowest cards and get a killer bang for buck. So about 600 USD. Looking at those boards posted looks like there isnt a mobo that supports 4 dual slot cards?

 

[Schmuckley]

So AMD killed lower grade quad? This is good info. Used too be you could buy 4 of the lowest cards and get a killer bang for buck. So about 600 USD. Looking at those boards posted looks like there isnt a mobo that supports 4 dual slot cards?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...132053R&cm_re=rampage-_-13-132-053R-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...132262R&cm_re=rampage-_-13-132-262R-_-Product

iv black is x79..last-gen

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&cm_re=x79_motherboard-_-13-128-532-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&cm_re=x79_motherboard-_-13-131-798-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...cm_re=x99_moptherboard-_-13-128-751-_-Product current-gen

I can't find an AMD board with 4-dual-slot space

 

[eidairaman1]

Maybe the UD7 FROM GIGABYTE

 

[DaMulta]

Maybe the UD7 FROM GIGABYTE

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16813128508

That would do it


The rampage V looks pertty sweet

 

[eidairaman1]

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16813128508

That would do it


The rampage V looks pertty sweet

@ThE_MaD_ShOt has 2 ud3 models for the fx line. Run well.

 

[manofthem]

So AMD killed lower grade quad? This is good info. Used too be you could buy 4 of the lowest cards and get a killer bang for buck. So about 600 USD. Looking at those boards posted looks like there isnt a mobo that supports 4 dual slot cards?

It's not that much of a shame anymore since the low end cards usually lack the vram to make the best use of it, and games nowadays are taking advantage of more vram. Far Cry 4, for instance, can use up to almost 4gb of vram as seen below, so low cards combined would be a pretty much waste.

 

[xvi]

As it's Black Friday, Amazon has a pretty killer deal on the FX 8350 and FX 8320, if you want to go that route. Arguably good value compared to similarly priced Intel procs. If price is less of a concern than performance, there's no substitute for a good ol' i7, but the jump in price is considerable.

As for GPU, 290X or GTX 970. The Radeon 300 series is rumored to be out soon, so clearance prices are currently in effect for the 200 series.

 

[eidairaman1]

If you want a quad 290 setup you better go wc cuz the one i got uses 3 slots up. Unless you pic up msi gaming/xfx/visiontek.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Personally I would forget the quad card setup to be honest, once you look at the prices of the cards then add to that the price of a decent board that will support it then the word "budget" kind of disappears, personally I would go for a decent Haswell i5 quadcore, maybe a Z97 board and pair that up with a couple of good GTX 760's, anything more really and you can forget budget!

 

[DaMulta]

I read that the r9 270x will do a tri setup. To me that price isnt too bad.

 

[Tatty_Two]

I suppose three 270X are a similar price to two GTX760's, maybe even a bit cheaper....... try and see if you can get performance comparisons between the 2 setups.

 

[Vario]

get 2x 970 or 2x 290x and a 5820k

 

[Tatty_Two]

get 2x 970 or 2x 290x and a 5820k

Budget build?

 

[DaMulta]

ok getting closer I think what do you think of this

ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard

PowerColor TurboDuo AXR9 280 3GBD5-T2DHE/OC Radeon R9 280 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card



I lke the MB, and with this PIC-E setup I can hold off on watercooling for a little bit.

 

[DaMulta]

My 12 yr old said if I build a new PC it has too be a little epic. Haha I guess he remembers the benching days a little.


I laugh cause I do kinda wonder what that board would look like in white.

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/790i-ultra-spray-paint-mod-log.79885/

 

[EarthDog]

Perhaps I missed it... But are.you benchmarking sub ambient? If not... No need for the expense of a ROG level board. A midrange board will be plenty for any ambient clocking needs.

A 280? Lol, no. Grab a single 980 amd call it day for 2560x1600 or less gaming.

 

[DaMulta]

Perhaps I missed it... But are.you benchmarking sub ambient? If not... No need for the expense of a ROG level board. A midrange board will be plenty for any ambient clocking needs.

A 280? Lol, no. Grab a single 980 amd call it day for 2560x1600 or less gaming.

Well for now it will be air, but if I get back into things.....Is it not a kick ass board? The mb is kind of the brains of the whole system.

Plus I always liked the upper level Asus boards.

4x280s

 

[EarthDog]

Your sentiment is, imo, incredibly misplaced on getting 3/4 gpus... It's a PITA and just a waste of cash.

There are still plenty cheaper.boards that are as good as the ROG boards (giga soc/asrock ocf)...

 

[cadaveca]

Your sentiment is, imo, incredibly misplaced on getting 3/4 gpus... It's a PITA and just a waste of cash.

There are still plenty cheaper.boards that are as good as the ROG boards (giga soc/asrock ocf)...

This is pretty muc bang-on. 4 cards, you'd be making a mistake not going with X99, IMHO. You need the extra PCIe, especially if going with AMD cards since they use PCIe bus to communicate for Crossfire now, and no bridges.

With voltage regulation moved into the CPU, what EarthDog here says is pretty accurate...board doesn't matter much except for BIOS tuning for LN2 use. For 24/7, all that matters is the features you want, and slot arrangement for your chosen VGA config.


With 280's... the PCIe bit isn't as crucial, but only boards that have a PLX bridge chip like the ASUS MAXIMUS Extreme boards will work, since the max is three VGAs, and you get a 8x4x4 slot config with most boards, since the PCIe is in the CPU, and that slot support's not any good for multi-GPU. So you're choices are pretty limited..you got the Gigabyte Sniper board, the ASUS Maximus Extreme, or the MSI Xpower as your only options.

Move to X79 or X99, and that story changes.

 

[EarthDog]

Exactly... If you.do want to put yourself through the potential debacle that is quad cards, go x79/x99. But really it seems like you don't remotely need it. There are better boints to be had at hwbot with more popular single cards anyway.

 

[Vario]

I don't think theres a point in getting more than 2 cards. You could also do a couple dual gpu cards, like 790s if they do come out.

 

[DaMulta]

Exactly... If you.do want to put yourself through the potential debacle that is quad cards, go x79/x99. But really it seems like you don't remotely need it. There are better boints to be had at hwbot with more popular single cards anyway.

Before when I ran Tri-sli i really liked how I could push aa and af plus all the other goodies. I understand that quad is in fact overkill, but too me its sometimes its worth it depending on what your doing.


http://www.reviewstudio.net/868-amd-radeon-r9-270x-crossfirex-and-r9-280x-4-way-crossfirex-review

 

[EarthDog]

Certainly depends...maybe gpgpu or something it would be worth it?

That said a 980 is going to pound through titles at 2560x1600 or less with copious amounts of AA. I don't mention AF becuase its pentalty is negligible compared to AA.

Bottom line is, unless you are rocking 4k, 3 of any card really isn't needed. Nor would I prefer 3/4 of ANY midrange card over 1/2 high end cards. Scaling at 3+ cards is downright terrible in most titles.not to mention power consumption, heat dissipation, and having proper psu/board to run the setup.

Do as you wish, but, it's not remotely worth it to me.

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

If you're okay with the used market you can get 7950s and 7970s for around $100 on r/hardwareswap

 

[xvi]

I'd have to +1 the general consensus, but if you want to do quad GPU because it'd look awesome (pretty much exactly why I have a dual HD 6950 setup), I wouldn't dismiss it completely, but I'd go the used route. Those 280s in the screenshot are rebranded 7970s with a few tweaks which, as Sir B. Fannybottom pointed out, go for about $100 each. You'll need that extra ~$200-300 for the DDR4 memory to populate that damned X99 board.

What monitor(s) do you plan on using, damulta? Specifically, what resolution? I'm pretty sure a single 290X/970/980 is enough to max out just about anything on a 1080p monitor. If you're kicking it up to 2560x1440, some games will dip below the magic 60 fps mark on a single GPU. If you're pushing serious pixels, dual 290x/980s should get you there comfortably.