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    Advice needed: Crossfire with dual monitor

    I have a pair of 24" LCDs at 1920x1080, with total screen resolution 3840x1080.

    These are powered by a single AMD Radeon HD 7850 (OC version).

    I am in the market for an graphics upgrade and I have decided Crossfire is probably the way to go. A pair of keenly priced R9 280X is the likely set up.

    What is the best way to set up 2 cards with 2 LCDs? Which one make better sense?
    1) Crossfire set up - power the LCDs via the ports on the primary card? or
    2) Non-Crossfire set up - 2 single cards powering an LCD each.

    Many thanks.

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    Re: Advice needed: Crossfire with dual monitor

    If you want to use the second card to increase gaming performance, then you must use Crossfire.

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    Re: Advice needed: Crossfire with dual monitor

    if your only planning on playing on 1 screen then the single 280x will be sufficient. Playing across 2 screens is a pain as you have to deal with the screen borders being in the middle of the screen. My advice either stick to 1 screen for gaming or go for 3 screen eyefinity and then you will need 2 cards to achieve a good frame rate.

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    Re: Advice needed: Crossfire with dual monitor

    For the price of 2x280X you could probably get a R9 290X, which would be my recommendation.
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    Re: Advice needed: Crossfire with dual monitor

    Quote Originally Posted by dfour View Post
    or go for 3 screen eyefinity and then you will need 2 cards to achieve a good frame rate.
    Unfortunately, I lack the real world desktop real estate to have 3 screens. Otherwise, Eyefinity is very attractive.

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    2x280X you could probably get a R9 290X.
    Good call. I think a 290X is the way to go. Thanks.
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    Re: Advice needed: Crossfire with dual monitor

    I think you quoted the wrong person.

    Let us know how you get on spikegifted.
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