Crossfire Question with Board

mango123

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Hello.

I currently have one of these...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...scrollFullInfo

And one of these...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814202008


My question is given that that thing is I believe a 2.5 or 3 even slot cooler,

Will I be able to crossfire these?

I was thinking of picking up another, or prolly even just the sapphire 7950 that has the same footprint as this one.

I know that it says it supports crossfire, but I would like anyone with experience first hand to comment please!

I am looking for some more UMPH from my system and given the price of the 7950 and the apparent scaling, I think that 280$$ w/ C3 and Bioschock is kinda hard to turn down.

Thoughts?

System is in sig.:awe:
 

Tweak155

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Hello.

I currently have one of these...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...scrollFullInfo

And one of these...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814202008


My question is given that that thing is I believe a 2.5 or 3 even slot cooler,

Will I be able to crossfire these?

I was thinking of picking up another, or prolly even just the sapphire 7950 that has the same footprint as this one.

I know that it says it supports crossfire, but I would like anyone with experience first hand to comment please!

I am looking for some more UMPH from my system and given the price of the 7950 and the apparent scaling, I think that 280$$ w/ C3 and Bioschock is kinda hard to turn down.

Thoughts?

System is in sig.:awe:

I'm so confused. Are you trying to crossfire a 7970 with a motherboard? Because that is how this sounds lol.

Racking my brain though, are you asking to XFire a 7970 and a 7950?

I quoted the post so no one thinks I'm crazy if it gets modified.
 

mango123

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Sorry, so sorry.
I was in a rush let me rephrase for some clarity.

I own the Asus board I listed as well as 1x 7970 I listed.

I am interested in CF the 7970 with a 7950 or another 7970.

Using that board that I listed.

Sorry that I wasn't being clear.

Please advise.

:whiste:
 

mango123

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And crossfire refers to two cards. When someone says I am going to crossfire it, it usually means they're going to pick up a second card.

Was it really that unclear?:confused:

Obviously you cannot crossfire one card. Unless you are talking about crossfire with onboard video which asus supported for a little while.

And right after I mention the two parts, I mention the cards I want to pick up for a crossfire.
 

Termie

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You can do Crossfire on that board. While your card is slightly more than two slots wide, the two PCIe x8 slots on your motherboard are three slots apart. No problem with clearance.

You would only get into trouble if you were attempting to Crossfire on a board where the two PCIe slots were separated by only one slot.