PP Mguire
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You were thinking that just because you didn't have a spare 16x slot you couldn't Crossfire 2 AMD cards together. Well for you to get a board with dual 16x slots you will need to upgrade the platform you're on. The 1156 (P55) platform makes all cards drop to 8x when in Crossfire or SLI with only an exception being certain boards which can't be had new anymore. With that being said, for what you wanted to do a new mobo and CPU would be needed. That is why I said your board is fine with that second 8x slot.So i should invest in just a new GFX card you think? And why would i need to get a new CPU if i mobo, others aren't compatible? Also, do you think i should try to dual gfx card or just get one better? could i possibly dual gfx card with the one i currently am using with another better one or what?
Not many dual GPU cards in your budget. I would try to grab 2 used 5870s, 2 6870s, or a single 7950 right now.