Is it worth the $$$ to Crossfire a 2nd 6950 2GB for better framerates??

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Is it worth the $$$ to Crossfire a 2nd 6950 2GB for better framerates??

Postby Drizzle » Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:59 pm

After recently beginning to add the wonderful ORBX scenery add-ons to my system, I'm growing frustrated with my framerates dropping into the teens while flying low and slow over even some of the not particularly urban or dense scenery areas.
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Re: Is it worth the $$$ to Crossfire a 2nd 6950 2GB for better framerates??

Postby RaptorF22 » Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:46 pm

You'd probably be better off upgrading to a better CPU, FSX does not use the GPU as much.
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Re: Is it worth the $$$ to Crossfire a 2nd 6950 2GB for better framerates??

Postby Slotback » Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:44 am

FSX doesn't use crossfire. No.
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