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.

Cheers, spikegifted.

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

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.

For the price of 2x280X you could probably get a R9 290X, which would be my recommendation. :)

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Originally Posted by dfour

or go for 3 screen eyefinity and then you will need 2 cards to achieve a good frame rate.

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Unfortunately, I lack the real world desktop real estate to have 3 screens. Otherwise, Eyefinity is very attractive.

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Originally Posted by dfour

2x280X you could probably get a R9 290X.

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Good call. I think a 290X is the way to go. Thanks.

I think you quoted the wrong person. :p

Let us know how you get on spikegifted. :)