So i'm looking to upgrade my Video Card on Black Friday. I have a Sapphire Radeon HD 6870. I am wondering which would be the most cost-efficient way to grab an upgrade at this point. My power supply (700W) currently allows me to consider AMD Radeon Crossfire or nVidia SLI.
Option A:
Purchase another Radeon HD 6870 for approx $150-$170 and crossfire the two.
Option B:
Purchase 2 currently low range video cards ($75-$90) and SLI/Crossfire them.
Currently considering 2x MSI Radeon HD 7770 at $75 each ($150 both)
or 2x MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 at $75 each ($150 both)
Option C:
Purchase a single currently mid range card for approx $150
P.S. these prices are taken from my local Canada Computers Black Friday Flyer.
If you want to upgrade now, you would be best off selling your 6870 and buying a nicer card. Even the 7850 isn't a giant upgrade from the 6870. There are some 7950 and 7970 sales that come with 3 games that would also help to offset the cost. I am holding on to mine until the 8xxx series here early next year.
sell card and get a 7970 for $300 + 3 games. (when budget is an issue ati is the gpu brand to pick)
going crossfire will only give you more problems with support for certain games (optimized pretty bad quite often)