Best GPU for Crossfire?

[PastaDwarf]

Hey guys, I am planning on upgrading my PC starting with the GPU first. I've been told to get GTX 1050, it would work perfectly with my AMD A8-5600k.

But I would like to buy a GPU that I can crossfire in the future, I'll get a new motherboard in the future that supports crossfire, so what's the best GPU to crossfire? Thanks in advance!

[CursedPanther]

You need AMD GPU to utilize CFX.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

1. You're better off getting a single GPU.

2. Most games don't utilize SLI/Crossfire so unless you're only going to play the selected games that even do utilize, it still comes out paying more than the performance ratio.

3. When you do upgrade your CPU, motherboard, and RAM, you will have a much better time playing games that are CPU intensive games.

4. When you do SLI/Crossfire you need a high wattage PSU, depending what you choose to get.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Avoid dual GPUs...

And yea, both your current CPU and GPU are terrible.

Be a good idea to save up and get AMD Ryzen + decent NVIDIA GPU
like Ryzen 5 or 7 CPU + GTX 1060 6GB or better GPU.

[Cathulhu]

nVidia videocards to not support Crossfire, they use SLI instead.
With the current generation of videocards you need at least a 1070 to be able to use SLI.
Not that it's any use for you. Most games do not support it as have been mentioned and those that do will still be bottlenecked by your CPU.

[Monk]

As one of the rare sli users I feel I should speak up, do not look to use sli / xfire on anything but the high end cards, you are FAR better off getting 1 good card, I run a pair of 1080ti ftw3 elites because I want extreme performance when it works, which, at this rate is about 30-40% of games I play, however, if you aren't going for the top end hardware, there are other areas of your build the extra money is FAR better spent on.
Saying that, if you still want to go ahead with it, you will need 1070's at minimum for the current generation, but I think everything down to the 460/560 can do it from AMD, so that would be a 560 if you can get one cheap to add a second later, but, I'd save up a bit more and go right for a 1060 6GB, it will last alot longer, or if your budget can't stretch, a 1050ti.

[Arya]

Crossfire is an AMD technology. GTX1050s are Nvidia cards, they can't use that technology.

Crossfire isn't a good idea. You're buying two graphics cards, that means double the expense. You're not getting double the power however, and some games won't even use/recognise your second card. At best it's 100% more expensive for 80% more power, and that's on a perfect day.

If you want more power than a GTX1050 can provide, the smart choice is to buy a more powerful single card. This avoids all of the problems you encounter with dual cards, and usually gets you more power for about the same price.

[Big Boom Boom]

Ironically, AMD hasn't enabled RX Vega Crossfire functionality yet. Your "best" current Crossfire GPU would be Vega FE.

[PastaDwarf]

Thanks for all the response! I will take all of that in mind. So get a better CPU and proceed with the 1050, or 1080 if possible. What CPU would you guys recommend? Intel or stick with AMD?

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Originally posted by PastaDwarf:

Thanks for all the response! I will take all of that in mind. So get a better CPU and proceed with the 1050, or 1080 if possible. What CPU would you guys recommend? Intel or stick with AMD?

That's up to you really.

Intel = Higher FPS in games.
AMD Ryzen = Better at multitasking.

[PepuroniPeetsa]

I'll be honest with you, SLI and Crossfire are a waste. Only so many games support it, and it's expensive. It's better to buy a GTX Titan then dual GTX 1070's. Just buy one powerful GPU and if you need more power, you can always upgrade in the future.

[Monk]

One of the biggest problems with sli is the unreal 4 engine, as it doesn't support sli natively, and a hell of alot of games run on that engine, but as I and Zachary have said, get 1 faster better GPU, sli and xfire only make sense when there is no better option, hence idiots like me sli top end cards as MORE POWER is always nice to have, plus, it looks really cool in your case ... Though I am unsure if that warrants the cost hehe