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Posted in reference to quote directly below.
"Next up on our list of disadvantages is a strange display issue which plagued our reviewer kit from the beginning of testing to the end. That issue was rolling lines. Basically when we had the CrossFire graphics cards installed there was interference on the screen (CRT) which was most noticeable when on a white background. A faint set of lines could be seen rolling up the screen and it was most annoying. We put it down to one of the components being sensitive to electric interference however we couldn?t fix it. ATI assured us that they had received no other reports of this so hopefully it was just a one off."
I had the oddest issue with my Crossfire setup. I had been chronicling my Crossfire experiences here, but I feel this issue is worth a separate post. So far my experience with crossfire has been nothing but pleasant when running games. However, my wife and I both noticed odd looking, rolling lines on my CRT display. As noted in the above quote, this issue was much, much worse when a web page with primarily a white background was displayed and just plain awful when working with MS Word documents. This issue was completely remedied by plugging my display directly into the DVI port on the Crossfire master card (with Crossfire disabled) instead of the DVI port present on the dongle.
So the work around is this. Disable Crossfire mode, turn off the computer, and plug the monitor directly into the master card for any 2D work. For 3D, turn off the computer, plug back into the dongle cable, and re-enable Crossfire mode. Not exactly a nice workaround :disgust:. I would expect for what was once a $1,000+ setup, that ATI could properly engineer their dual GPU solution or at least note that it's not compatible with CRT monitors:|. This is a deal breaker for me and I'll most likely go back to a single card solution, as support on the ASUS P5WD2 Premium for SLI is iffy or at least not officially supported.
FYI, I did not notice this issue using DVI on a 19in Samsung 930B LCD monitor I recently sold...because I decided I like CRTs better
. I can't seem to win lately when it comes to computer hardware.
"Next up on our list of disadvantages is a strange display issue which plagued our reviewer kit from the beginning of testing to the end. That issue was rolling lines. Basically when we had the CrossFire graphics cards installed there was interference on the screen (CRT) which was most noticeable when on a white background. A faint set of lines could be seen rolling up the screen and it was most annoying. We put it down to one of the components being sensitive to electric interference however we couldn?t fix it. ATI assured us that they had received no other reports of this so hopefully it was just a one off."
I had the oddest issue with my Crossfire setup. I had been chronicling my Crossfire experiences here, but I feel this issue is worth a separate post. So far my experience with crossfire has been nothing but pleasant when running games. However, my wife and I both noticed odd looking, rolling lines on my CRT display. As noted in the above quote, this issue was much, much worse when a web page with primarily a white background was displayed and just plain awful when working with MS Word documents. This issue was completely remedied by plugging my display directly into the DVI port on the Crossfire master card (with Crossfire disabled) instead of the DVI port present on the dongle.
So the work around is this. Disable Crossfire mode, turn off the computer, and plug the monitor directly into the master card for any 2D work. For 3D, turn off the computer, plug back into the dongle cable, and re-enable Crossfire mode. Not exactly a nice workaround :disgust:. I would expect for what was once a $1,000+ setup, that ATI could properly engineer their dual GPU solution or at least note that it's not compatible with CRT monitors:|. This is a deal breaker for me and I'll most likely go back to a single card solution, as support on the ASUS P5WD2 Premium for SLI is iffy or at least not officially supported.
FYI, I did not notice this issue using DVI on a 19in Samsung 930B LCD monitor I recently sold...because I decided I like CRTs better
. I can't seem to win lately when it comes to computer hardware.
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