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So, I was thinking of, instead of waiting to upgrade my Radeon 7950, I could just add another GPU instead, which is a lot cheaper. I was thinking of just a usual 1GB Graphics Card like a Radeon 7790. Therefore, my overall amount of memory in my GPU's would be 4GB. However, I was unsure of wether I could add another graphics card which has a lower memory, so if you could help me on that I would be grateful. I'm no master

Also, I was thinking of upgrading my AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black. I was doing comparisons on my CPU and an Intel i5 and the comparison details were pretty much close to each other which gave me a general idea on how high up I need to upgrade, I'm just not sure what. So If you could also help me choosing a better CPU I would be grateful yet again.

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I want both my GPU and CPU to be AMD.
I wouldn't think you would need my motherboard but, if so jus ask.
Try to keep the price and performance balanced.
I'm from the UK.
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If you want to Crossfire that card it'll need to be with another AMD Tahiti based card (7870LE/7950/7970) and its likely your PSU would need upgrading to accommodate. Graphics memory doesn't make the card more powerful, more of it will help on larger displays.

You're probably doing a comparison on your processor which is an older generation against a newer generation Intel one so it's a bit unmatched.

What was your budget for overall upgrades and what components do you currently have? Unless you really need higher frames in gaming, i'd either put up with it, replace the card or game on a lower resolution.
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Just so you know, Crossfire/SLI doesn't add the VRAM from both cards. Data on the cards has to be mirrored so both have access to the same data, so two, three, or even four 7950s will have 3GB of VRAM available total.
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Buxtyy wrote If you want to Crossfire that card it'll need to be with another AMD Tahiti based card (7870LE/7950/7970) and its likely your PSU would need upgrading to accommodate. Graphics memory doesn't make the card more powerful, more of it will help on larger displays.

You're probably doing a comparison on your processor which is an older generation against a newer generation Intel one so it's a bit unmatched.

What was your budget for overall upgrades and what components do you currently have? Unless you really need higher frames in gaming, i'd either put up with it, replace the card or game on a lower resolution.


I've decided to scrap the duel GPU's and decide to get a new CPU.

If you could give me a suggestion on which AMD Bulldozer I should use I would
Be grateful
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Bulldozers are outdated now, you'd pay the same for a newer Piledriver processor. The 8320 is a good one.
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