Hey guys
I've been steadily doing upgrades on my PC over the course of a few months most recently being my watercooling loop and motherboard. I upgraded my Asus A88xm-plus board to the Crossblade Ranger I denoted in my specs entry. This was mostly for aesthetics but also to give me better options in relation to my graphics setup which is what this post is about.
Now since I can't even begin to afford anything at the top of of Nividia I have a couple of options that I'm gunna go over. I have an idea of what I'm gunna do but this post is to go through my thinking processes in deciding.
Option 1- I add a second Sapphire Nitro 380x to my current one to get better performance out of a crossfire config. This is a good option since it will only cost the small price of the new card which could be even less if I find one second hand. However the drawbacks are that these cards from what I can see are not readily available anymore and finding one that's not over priced to buy brand new is difficult. Alternatively I could get another board partners model but that would be an absolute last resort because of aesthetics.
Option 2- Spend a little more and get an RX480- This is a good option especially looking at performance reviews of the card but the drawbacks for me are finding the money to spend. That would take time as I have other things that are more important. That being said I could sell my 380x to help fund it but that would leave me without a card for a period. Also I want to do a multi GPU setup for my personal rig.
At the moment I am leaning towards option 1 because it makes more sense at this point in time but at the same time I would love to work with a 480 and how it performs. For now I'm gunna keep an eye out for 380x's while I save and go from there. But hopefully in the near future I can do a video on my GPU upgrade and whatever else comes along in the mean time.
Cheers again I know this is all pretty boring stuff but I hope to improve my content over the coming weeks.
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