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[quote]And please remember that you can 'brick' your video card if you do not perform the BIOS update successfully.
In which case you will need another video card in you system to be able to flash you 5870 back to the previous BIOS.

Yes I did know that and have an extra card I can use ...

And please remember that you can 'brick' your video card if you do not perform the BIOS update successfully.
In which case you will need another video card in you system to be able to flash you 5870 back to the previous BIOS.

I have a XFX 5870 where do you go to find out what bios the card is using. Maybe I will flash mine if it is old.

The Catalyst Control Center will tell you:

Graphics -> Information Center -> Graphics Hardware
On this screen you will see 'BIOS Version' and 'BIOS Date'.

Hi Dick, you are not alone struggling with two 5970 cards. I am using CCC 9.12 with hotfix, etc. and Eyefinity will simply not work, with or without crossfire. In my case monitors are all Dell U2410s with native DP inputs. One of the monitors is connected to the mini DP port using the Sapphire ...

Thanks for the comments folks.

I am hoping to attract some other trifire (or quadfire) people who have been testing 7680x1600 so that we can compare notes.
I also wanted my post to give a heads up to people using 7680x1600 and thinking of going trifire/quadfire that there really seems to be ...

Nope, everything that I have been able to run at 7680x1600 so far.
So in the table above that I have, of the 4 benchmarks that ran in trifire at 7680x1600, all 4 were significantly lower than a single 5970 in the same benchmark.
Jason.

Hello folks.
New member here. Some great information in this forum.
I have been messing around with my new Eyefinity setup (3 x 30" Dells), and I am seeing poor performance of a trifire setup (5970 + 5870) at the max resolution of 7680 x 1600.
Here are some benchmarks I have run already. You ...