Allen
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Joined: Oct 1999
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Ohio USA
Originally Posted By: Paradaz
...CF RX480 against a GTX 1080...
No argument.
I'll buy an RX-480 now (if performance rumors are correct) and a Vega in the Fall/Winter. Vega will probably come close to or surpass CF RX-480. I can rationalize the RX-480 now because my wife could use a new card and so could my Grandson (buying an RX-480 frees up two HD7970).
Meantime, even a single one of my 4 year old HD7970s plays all the games I play currently at maximum settings (1440P and 0AA which I prefer). Leaked info indicates a single RX-480 may equal 1.5 HD7970 in some cases (a nice upgrade, if true).
Crossfire can be a good low cost upgrade in a year or so when RX-480 stock is being cleared for the next big thing. That's how I did Crossfire HD7970 -- got a cheap one a year or so later. Crossfire mostly works for my games -- not always -- however, I don't need it for any games I currently play at 1440P on a single monitor (I have 3 monitors).
