MrClass wroteDie_Kapitan wroteDual-GPU setups isn't recommended, one high-end card may perform slightly lower than 2 mid-end ones, but a single card offers more stability and support in all games whereas some games do not support CrossFire/SLI, there's always dual-GPU cards too.
True that. I was so hyped about making a crossfire setup. Then, games began showing artifacts. Drivers updated, and I noticed the framerate almost doubled; but graphics showed some artifacts.
You can't do much with games that do not support multi GPUs. High end GPUs are a less headache and more stable compared to multi gpu setups. Framerates are not everything, if the game doesn't render properly, it doesn't matter if you play it at 120FPS.
Exactly, framerates are not everything, as long as I'm getting 60FPS I couldn't care less about framerates, especially if I have to sacrifice stability and support.
In games that don't support dual-GPUs, you can force CF/SLI, but that may lower the framerates instead of increasing them.
Personally, I'm against the idea of CF and SLI because I like getting each generation's sweet spot card for the resolution I intend to play at, if I want to play at 1080p, I don't have to get anything better than an R9 390/GTX 970, whereas if I get R9 380 CF/GTX 960 SLI, I'll be paying more than an R9 390 or GTX 970 for Fury X/GTX 980 Ti performance, but I won't be able to add another card when next gen launches as games are horribly optimized for tri-GPU setups and I will be able to get a similarly performing card with more VRAM maybe, and lower power consumption for less.