- May 3, 2005
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Just wondering if anyone here has come across any write ups on the new hybrid crossfire from ATI. Specifically I'd like to know what improvement you'd get combining a 3870 with a 4870 over just a 4870.
Originally posted by: bryanW1995
actually, what I read is that it's not OFFICIALLY
A source close to AMD told us that there will be ?inter-generation compatibility? between the Radeon 3800 and 4850: ?Since they're both DirectX 10.1 parts, there is no reason why those two should not work together. (?) We will probably not qualify this interoperability, but who stops you from trying?"
Originally posted by: JPB
If its true that is.
ATI official
Despite previous reports on the internet that old Radeon 38x0 and new Radeon 48x0 cards will work in Crossfire together, unfortunately this won't happen.
Two senior software guys at ATI has just confirmed that 3800 series in Crossfire with 4800 won't work and that such a configuration is not supported.
You won't be able to match the generations and we are investigating if you will be able to mix cards from 48x0 series. We believe you should, but we won?t jump the gun with this announcement.
Sorry for destroying one cool dream, but you will have to forget about your 38x0 card and swap it for a much faster 48x0 generation.
At the same time, our friend W1zzard from tech power up has confirmed that he couldn't make 3800 and 4800 generation cards work together in XP, but now we know the answer why. It won't work on XP or Vista, simply as it's not supported.
Originally posted by: schneiderguy
It was possible in some earlier drivers but it isnt possible anymore
Originally posted by: BigMoosey74
You must not understand what your GPUs do when they xfire with a different card. It is like RAM, the faster one will downclock to the slower one. Even if it did work...WTF would you want to xfire a 4800 with a 3800? You should just go buy two 3800 cards because that is about the best you are going to get....even if it did/does work. When you xfire, at the least, use the same generation...at best, do identical cards.
Edit: Sorry, I have to expand on that. They don't just downclock, the faster card's output gets limited to avoid micro studdering. The 4800, if it does what you think/hope it will do, it would kick out the alternate frames much quicker than the 3800. To correct for that problem, the output is capped to how fast the 3800 completes a frame in order to smoothen the performance.
yes i tried and it doesnt work. also i tried under vista and it doesnt work either.