Crossfire 6850 or upgrade?

[OlympicDreamer]

Hi all, I have a 6850, not sure if I should buy another to xFire or upgrade to something newer.
Used 6850 should be around 80-90$.

Any opinions on this?

 

[Alternative X]

Might be better to just buy a new GPU. Crossfired HD6850s would have the performance of about a R9 265 but with the increased power bill and heat.

 

[Maeda_Toshiie]

Hi all, I have a 6850, not sure if I should buy another to xFire or upgrade to something newer.
Used 6850 should be around 80-90$.

Any opinions on this?

With FSP Hexa 500 and you want to crossfire 2x 6850? Add in the cost of a new PSU...




FSP Hexa does not have very strong +12V rails (<80% wattage on +12V) and it is not a high end PSU that you can run near or even beyond the rated amperage with impunity.

 

[zenniz]

Performance gain taking into consideration the extra power consumption and heat output is not worth it. Rather you sell your existing card and get anything higher than R9 270.

 

[Artermiz]

upgrade to 270x-280x/760-770

single gpu always better than crossfire/sli

 

[XseanX]

SLI or crossfire is never optimized properly for most of the game , only looks good in benchmark score, therefore just upgrade to the best single gpu solution ur budget allow ...

 

[FinalTidus]

Yeah just sell and go for R9 290.