Can I blend this CF

Pelu

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sup all I was wondering if I was able to make a CF with one 3870 and one 4850????
 

Pelu

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wondering because i had a 3870 CF and since one of them got busted.. i could get a 4850 and make anotehr CF with half what i have...
 

somethingsketchy

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It will not work. You would need to either buy a new 3870 to match the current crossfire capabilities or upgrade the crossfire setup with another 4850. You could run the cards separately (for up to 4 monitors) no problem, but the crossfire will not work with mismatched models (i.e. the 38xx and 48xx cards you currently possess) to display on one monitor.
 

hans007

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cross fire only works with cards that have the same number of shader units.

i think it would be possible to do a 3850 and a 3870. since the 780g and 3400 can do it...

but yeah, no way with aa 4850 and 3870
 

Pelu

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oh... good to know... so far a single 3870 isnt that great at all...