Questions about Crossfire

[nigel5000]

So i'm going to be making a few tweaks to my computer, by adding a new motherboard, video card, and some hard drives. What I was wondering was whether or not you could use 2 "Crossfire Ready" cards in a single Crossfire configuration, or if it was necessary to use 1 CR card and another ATI card at random...

I'm going to be using these parts, with only 1 initial video card until the R600 comes out (in which I would crossfire w/ the 1900xtx if possible)

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814121553

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131004

Thanks to everyone in advance.

 

[BassBomb]

to do crossfire, you need one cross fire edition card (as master card) then a crossfire ready card as the slave...

its not a good investment

 

[imported_spank]

You wont be able to crossfire a x1900 card with a r600 card

 

[Bull Dog]

R600 GPU's won't reqire master cards.

 

[Cooler]

Originally posted by: Bull Dog
R600 GPU's won't reqire master cards.

x1600 dont need one as well .

 

[TanisHalfElven]

i thought the 6.5 catalyst allowed dongleless crossfire ? i think it was supposed to. was the feature not released. ?

 

[EffeX]

It does with an Express 3200 series mobo.

 

[hardwareking]

6.5 catalyst gave dongleless crossfire to anything below and including x1800 gto.
But r600 won't require any dongle what so ever.

 

[akugami]

I'm against all Crossfire and SLI configs because I don't feel the bang for the buck is there.

 

[Kromis]

Originally posted by: akugami
I'm against all Crossfire and SLI configs because I don't feel the bang for the buck is there.

Two cards -> More monitors, higher resolutions, higher framerates...what's not to like?

*If you aren't gonna get more than 2 monitors for your SLI/Crossfire system, THEN I'd say it's a waste of money.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: Kromis

Originally posted by: akugami
I'm against all Crossfire and SLI configs because I don't feel the bang for the buck is there.

Two cards -> More monitors, higher resolutions, higher framerates...what's not to like?

*If you aren't gonna get more than 2 monitors for your SLI/Crossfire system, THEN I'd say it's a waste of money.

Ah, but i bet you didn't realize that you cannot run dual displays with CF or SLI enabled.

You actually have to disable CF/SLI to utilize a secondary display, or you have to run a third card to get more than one display, unless you wish to disable CF/SLI every single time you want to use more than your primary display.

Retarded? You betcha.
Yet another reason why i too am not very impressed with CF/SLI...