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| Author: | dmanna [ 06 Feb 2010, 15:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Crossfire or not to Crossfire.. |
I just ordered up 2 more 16:10 monitors and a Dell Active Display Port Adapter. I also built this little eyefinity shelf for the monitors because i dont have desk space to fit 3 monitors. So I am spending alot of money and doing extra work so I can have eyefinity.... I have one thing left to do and that is order my cards.. all things being equal I would probably buy a 5970 now,if I could find one and add a single gpu later but in your opinions should I go the crossfire route or the single gpu route?? It seems like crossfire and eyefinity dont like each other.. is this true? Or has crossfire support gotten better. |
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| Author: | Yui [ 13 Feb 2010, 02:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crossfire or not to Crossfire.. |
Get the 5970 when price is not an issue. It should work with Eyefinity. |
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| Author: | dmanna [ 13 Feb 2010, 05:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crossfire or not to Crossfire.. |
Get the 5970 when price is not an issue. It should work with Eyefinity. oop to late now, I ordered up 2 5870's. |
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| Author: | kasucode [ 13 Feb 2010, 06:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crossfire or not to Crossfire.. |
I use two 5870s in crossfire. Works great. You need 9.12 hotfix driver or 10.1 for eyefinity to work with Crossfire. |
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| Author: | dmanna [ 13 Feb 2010, 09:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crossfire or not to Crossfire.. |
I use two 5870s in crossfire. Works great. You need 9.12 hotfix driver or 10.1 for eyefinity to work with Crossfire. I am more worried about the Active Display port adapter now. I wont know if I got a good one until Monday.. |
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| Author: | shockabuku [ 13 Feb 2010, 10:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crossfire or not to Crossfire.. |
I'm sure you won't regret it. I'm rocking with 2 x 5850s and loving them! |
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| Author: | kasucode [ 13 Feb 2010, 22:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crossfire or not to Crossfire.. |
[quote]I use two 5870s in crossfire. Works great. You need 9.12 hotfix driver or 10.1 for eyefinity to work with Crossfire. I am more worried about the Active Display port adapter now. I wont know if I got a good one until Monday.. I dont think its soo much the adapter as it is power put into the adapter. If you have issues try getting an external USB power source such as a hub. Every now and then mine might flicker (maybe once a week) but nothing unplugging the USB and pluging back in wont fix. The Experience gained far outweighs any problems caused during early adopters. |
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| Author: | dmanna [ 13 Feb 2010, 23:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crossfire or not to Crossfire.. |
[quote][quote]I use two 5870s in crossfire. Works great. You need 9.12 hotfix driver or 10.1 for eyefinity to work with Crossfire. I am more worried about the Active Display port adapter now. I wont know if I got a good one until Monday.. I dont think its soo much the adapter as it is power put into the adapter. If you have issues try getting an external USB power source such as a hub. Every now and then mine might flicker (maybe once a week) but nothing unplugging the USB and pluging back in wont fix. I like this post :rockout I actually have an external usb power source that goes directly into an outlet, I just got the droid and it came with one but I will never use it so if the usb ports are not supplying enough power I will try that. I have a 1 kilowatt psu so I know that wont be an issue. The Experience gained far outweighs any problems caused during early adopters. |
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| Author: | dmanna [ 15 Feb 2010, 23:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crossfire or not to Crossfire.. |
well I got my 5870's, the cards seem well so far, havent tested dx 11 yet... unfortunatly I am getting inconsistant flickering from the active display port monitor but I am still tinkering with it.. I actually just plugged into a different usb outlet and what doya know its actually not flickering anymore.. but that just seems to conveniant to me.. xfx didnt send a copy of dirt 2 and no heaven benchmark ... but I do have a double life time warranty :rockout imma about to test eyefintiy now !! |
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| Author: | Dave Baumann [ 16 Feb 2010, 03:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crossfire or not to Crossfire.. |
I actually just plugged into a different usb outlet and what doya know its actually not flickering anymore.. but that just seems to conveniant to me.. Thats one of the known issues with active adapter ue - some USB outputs are not providing sufficent power. http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/Display.aspx |
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