Upgrading PC for 8 x accounts

[jnorland]

I apologize up front for my lack of knowledge on the subject; I do realize that I'm just scratching the surface so I really do appreciate your input.

So after reading your last comments I did a little more research and I think I have a little better understanding. From what I’ve read here in the forums the best thing to do with multiple video cards is to split the games using ISboxer as SLI and Crossfire were intended to run one game very well and but will not improve the performance of multiple games. I only brought one monitor with me on this deployment so I don’t believe that would help me in this situation. My plan is to just upgrade to either a GTX 580 or an AMD Radeon HD 7950 . According to the charts the 7950 is scoring higher and is about $80 cheaper for the OC version.

$449 Radeon HD 7950 3GB

$470 Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OC

$549 GTX 580 3GB

I’m always a little concerned about the first generation of a new system such as the PCIe 3.0. That being said saving $80 bucks for a product that appears to be performing better I thing is enough to make me bite the bullet. The reviews on Newegg have all been pretty good so far. If I’m still having some issues I may try splitting the games with the old card when I get back home and have all of my monitors.