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PowerColor ATI Radeon HD5870 PCS+ 1GB GDDR5 Crossfire?

Erekose-TEC

Erekose-TEC

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I currently have a single PowerColor ATI Radeon HD5870 PCS+ that I am considering adding a second card to for enhanced perfromance.

Having no experience of doing this before I just wondered how stable crossfire is?

Is it difficult to implement (as I have heard it isn't automatic like SLI and requires individual game profiles)?

Whether I'll notice a perceptible difference on a 1920x1080 display in resonably demonding games like Arkham Asylum (where my current setup ocassionally flags at 1920x1080 with all the effects switched on)?

Many thanks 😀
 
Hi 3DVagabond, my system specs are:
  • Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-980X Extreme Edition 3.33GHz 12 MB cache LGA1366 (overclocked to 4GHz)
  • Asetek Liquid CPU Cooling System (Extreme Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA)
  • Asus P6T SE Intel X58 Chipset CrossFireX Mainboard Triple-Channel DDR3/1600 SATA RAID w/ eSATA, GbLAN, USB2.0, IEEE1394a, &7.1Audio
  • 6GB (3x2GB) PC12800 DDR3/1600mhz Triple Channel Memory
  • Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5870 PCS+ PCI-E 16X 1GB DDR5 Video Card
    [*]    600GB Gaming Western Digital VelociRaptor 10,000RPM SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache
  • 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive
  • Lite-On IHOS104-37 4X Blu-Ray Player
  • Sony Optiarc 22X DVD+/-R/+/-RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER
  • 850 Watts Power Supply (SLI/Crossfire ready)
  • COOLERMASTER DOMINATOR2 CM-692 BLACK

My monitor is an Iiyama ProLite B2409HDS.

Cheers!
 
Well, your system is definitely crossfire capable. 😉

You'll see a massive difference by adding a 2nd card. Both companies use profiles for multicard setups. AMD has them as a separate download, is all. It's actually for convenience, believe it or not. SLI/Crossfire are more complex setups. They do often require a bit more setup. OTOH, some folks just hook it up and away they go, no issues at all.
 
At the moment, adding a 2nd 5870 is the best performance increase, especially considering the cost involved.
 
i want to get another myself. Seems like the best options for those who have one already and want higher performance
 
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