Crossfire 7950's

[Hamfish]

Hey I was just wandering if I would get much bottlenecking if I got a second 7950 if I have a amd fx 8350. Its usually oc to 4.5 so that may also help.
I currently have 1 7950 and I am thinking of upgrading but not sure if it is worth it or not

 

[GhostRyder]

Go For it, im running an FX-8350 at 4.7ghz, and I have Dual HD 6990's, trust me, two 7950's will not be bottlenecked.

 

[Jad Chaar]

The 8350 is the highest end AMD CPU. It may not perform as well as an Intel, but it wont bottleneck at all. Just make sure your motherboard supports SLI/xfire.

 

[slh28]

Don't worry about bottlenecking from the CPU. What you should be worried about (as JC touched on) is your mobo - you need to make sure that the PCI-E bandwidths won't be bottlenecking your cards when in CF. Also make sure you have enough space between the PCI-E slots, I.e. if there's only 2 slots between them then a 3-slot cooler design card won't fit.

 

[Jad Chaar]

Yeah, for all we know, you may have a microATX board. What motherboard do you have?

 

[MrBlkfx1]

Yeah, depending on your MOBO bandwidth could be an issue. You'll want dual link 16x or 8x. Anything lower will bottleneck the performance.

Also, you'll want to make sure your PSU is up to the task. Something 650- 700W or more should do the trick.

 

[Hamfish]

Hey I have a asus sabertooth 990fx r.2
I also have the Saphire oc 7950 and it looks like it blocks the 2nd slot

 

[Jad Chaar]

Hey I have a asus sabertooth 990fx r.2
I also have the Saphire oc 7950 and it looks like it blocks the 2nd slot

There are 3 PCIe 2 slots that can run at x16 + x16 or x16 + x8 + x8. You should be fine if you use 2 PCIe slots far enough apart.
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_990FX/#specifications

 

[Hamfish]

Ok sweet thanks for the help. And is this upgrade worth it
Btw I play games like bf3 and crisis 3 mainly

 

[Jad Chaar]

This upgrade is definitely worth it if you wish to play Crysis 3 at max settings @ 60 FPS @ 1080P.