Questions tagged [crossfire]
CrossFireX is AMD's (previously ATI) name for their multi-GPU solution, that allows up to 4 graphic processor units to be connected together in one computer. This allows for each of the processing units to take part in the computational workload and improve the overall computational performance.
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Are AMD Crossfire multi-monitor restrictions active at all times or only when in a full screen game?
I'm considering a dual graphics card setup for 6 monitors. I'll have two identical cards, AMD Radeons, so I'd like to benefit from a Crossfire setup. I've read Crossfire will disable the outputs on ...
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Can I use crossfire with two AMD GPU with different chipset but similar performance?
I have an MSI R7 360 and I want to add an ASUS RX 550 to get better performance.
Is that possible or always the GPUs must be exact the same?
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Eyefinity across 2 Radeon R9 270 cards using mini display port
I have 2 R9 270 cards, each 1 has one Apple cinema display connected via the display port. I'd like to use Eyefinity to create a display group so my system treats them both as one giant monitor. ...
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Need to check a GPU Crossfire compatibility
I couldn't think of a better place to ask this question. Basically I have an older gaming configuration, but I don't have the budget for a new one, and least I can do is to upgrade my GPU.
My current ...
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What is the recommended dual GPU configuration on a dual CPU machine?
So there are about 4 PCIE in a motherboard, two of these are connected on each CPU, such as PCIE 1 and 2 is connected on CPU1 and PCIE 3 and 4 is connected to CPU2. Possible configurations were
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ASUS motherboard doesn't recognize second video card
New system, briefly:
ASUS Z97-A/USB3.1 motherboard
2x AMD RX480 video cards
Windows 10 (64-bit)
Latest BIOS, drivers, yada yada
This thing refuses to acknowledge any video card that is not in the ...
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Is there an alternative to SLI or CrossFire for gaming on multi-GPU setups?
The only options I've found for combining GPUs for better performance when gaming are nVidia's SLI or AMD's CrossFire, but is there another way to combine two GPUs to improve performance in games?
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Crossfire issues: not using both cards in some programs/games
I am running two HD 7970s in crossfire on my windows 10 rig. Through afterburner I can see that both cards are working in tandem when bench marking and in most games. However, I have noticed in a few ...
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Crossfire HD7950 with R9 380? Or other 300 series card?
I have a HD7950 (Sapphire Dual-X OC). I have read that it can be Crossfire'd with a R9 280X but can I crossfire it with any R9 300 series cards?
(I think the 380 is the equivalent to the 280X and ...
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Is it possible to use Nvidia cards with SLI alongside AMD Radeon cards with crossfire?
A total of 4 PCI-E cards. 2 with Crossfire and 2 with SLI. I know Nvidia disables Physx if it detects AMD cards, but let's assume we'll not use Physx anyway. Also under the assumption that we have a 4 ...
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Second PSU shuts down by itself under load
i have 2 PSU one 650watt to hold my i7-2600k 2hdd's and 1(out of 2) r9 290,the second PSU is 340watt and has only my second r9 290.When i load a game then the second psu shuts down and i get a bsod ...
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Advice on Gaming motherboard and SLI / Crossfire and HDMI/Sound connection
I have been looking at the following motherboard Z87M GAMING | MSI Global
I am a littel confused, it seems to offer a HDMI connection on board so I assume if I add a SLI / Crossfire (which it says ...
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Computer enters strange unresponsive state when idle after motherboard replacement
A few weeks ago I was playing a game on my PC when suddenly, I heard a screech typical of what you hear right before the power cuts out via my headphones. I thought that was the case. However, my PC ...
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What difference does sharing secondary PCIe x16 with other PCIe lanes (x16 and x1s) make?
I'm about to buy a motherboard and I have a difficulty understanding how sharing PCIe lanes works.
I have two motherboard options:
Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI.
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How many screens do two R9 290 cards support when put in crossfire?
How many screens do two R9 290 cards support when put in crossfire?
I know nvidia has the limitation of only supporting two screens when in SLI mode, what's the maximum ATI supports when using ...
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The "real" difference between crossfire and actually buying a new graphics card [closed]
Now this is obviously a very specific question but i'll try to keep it as broad as possible.
My question as stated in the title would be what the 'real' difference between crossfire and a "new" ...
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Crossfire R7 260X with R9 270X?
A friend bought me a R7 260X to use with my PC. Long story short, it wasnt powerful enough for my needs and so I went and got an R9 270X that is performing much better.
I have dual PCI-E slots in my ...
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SLI bridge vs powerful GPU?
I'm looking into upgrading my Gaming machine with a new GPU configuration. I want to avoid specifics and try to keep things on topic, so in general, am I likely to get better performance by putting 2 ...
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How do I get my fourth monitor to work?
I'm currently running three monitors in a fully working configuration. I have one 2560x1440 and two 1920x1080
I'd like to add an additional 1920x1080 monitor. However, I haven't managed to make it ...
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How to forcibly enable Dual Graphics/Crossfire support for Kaveri and R7 250?
I recently built one of those newfangled AMD Kaveri systems, but am having a little trouble setting it up for dual graphics/Crossfire. Here is the hardware list:
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty FM2A88X+ ...
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How to fix missing crossfire option in CCC?
After one of CCC updating (I don't remember what version from, one of 13.11 betas) stopped working crossfire. Now I use latest beta CCC 14.1 and can't enable crossfire because crossfire option as you ...
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Does my graphics card have to be compatible with the motherboard chipset?
I am looking to purchase to Radeon HD 7850's, these particularly,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814150641
I want to run them in Crossfire on this motherboard,
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Same GPUs on Crossfire, different clock speed
I have two AMD Radeon HD3850 GPUs running on crossfire and I just noticed that they have different clock speeds.
The first one(the one the displays are connected to) has the following clock speeds:
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Computer Freezes Upon Launching GPU Related Application
I just installed a second GPU to crossfire. When I run any application that requires the use of my GPU (ie - 3dMark, or games), my computer would freeze immediately upon launching the application. ...
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Dual Monitors - One Graphics card vs Two
I have a Dell Optiplex 790 with two Radeon HD 5450 cards (512MB Dedicated Memory) installed. Currently, I'm running two monitors off a single card.
Card 1-->HDMI Splitter-->Monitor 1
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Chrome lagging extremely badly after Windows reinstall
I recently installed a second 7970 in crossfire and at the same time installed Windows 8.1
Now whenever I use chrome for any longer period of time I will always hit a point where it begins to lag.
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Current gen Crossfire compatibility with an old Crossfire board
I've got it in mind to purchase a pair of Radeon HD7770s but the thing is my board is old. CPU-Z tells me that it's a MSI 770-G45 and although its listed as Crossfire-compatible, I'm told that the ...
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Crossfire Setup - 5 Monitors
I have 2x HD7950 graphics cards, each with a HDMI, DVI and 2x Mini Display Port outputs. Currently I have this with crossfire enabled, and 4 monitors running 1920 x 1080 on each. The display ports are ...
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Is buying 3 cheap graphics cards better than a single high end card?
I am thinking of building my own desktop computer, and I was wondering whether buying 2 or 3 low end graphics cards and running them in SLI would be faster than buying 1 high end graphics card.
If ...
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Is it Possible to Hybrid Crossfire Radeon 5650 and 5670 graphics cards? [closed]
I have a Radeon 5650 graphics card which is very rare now. I wonder if I can crossfire a 5650 to work with a 5670 which is cheap and available. If I can crossfire them, will there be a performance ...
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Crossfire different graphic cards [duplicate]
Is it possible to crossfire different cards? Like a Radeon 6950 and a Radeon 7970?
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2 crossfired ATI graphic cards vs single card with double capabilities
I wonder how 2x crossfired ATI graphic cards could be compared with a single card with double capabilities? For instance, my video card (ATI 5570) has 1GB memory (128-bit). If I crossfire it with a ...
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Is better to buy one Radeon HD 7970 or two Radeon HD 7870? [closed]
The first one cost $400 and the second $200 each one.
My computer has a intel ivy bridge i7 processor and 8gb of ram.
I want to play games and 3d renderings.
What combination is better?
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2 X Graphic cards bridged with CrossFire and 2 Monitors with DVI
Just got new pc with 2 x Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7850 cards that are bridged using the included CrossFireX/SLI connector.
I have 2 monitors that are exactly the same, and they both have vga connectors ...
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Crossfire with HD 5850 and other 5xxx series card
I am not too sure about the crossfire combinations.
I have a HD 5850, do I have to use another 5850 to crossfire or can I use any card from the 5xxx family?
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AMD Phenom II X4 965 crossfire motherboard
I am trying to build a cheap mining rig. I wanted to use the AMD Phenom II X4 965 (HDZ965FBGMBOX) processor as it got very good reviews and benchmarks, and is inexpensive. However, I am having trouble ...
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CrossfireX 6970 2GB Running at only PCIE2.0 8x on PCIE3.0 Motherboard
I know that this question may seem strange, but it's hard to find a clear answer anywhere.
I currently have the following configuration
Core i5 2500k (Sandy Bridge)
16GB DDR3 RAM
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Crossfire Setup not visible in Catalyst Center
I want to setup CrossfireX on my two HD 6870s but the CrossFire tab will not show up under neither "Gaming" nor "Performance. The Catalyst Center is the version that came along on the disk. See other ...
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Are two crossfire bridges necessary
I have two Gigabyte HD4850's on a P5Q pro. The manual says 2 bridges are necessary but some fora sayit isn't. Can anyone clear this out?
What's the benefit you get from two bridges over having only ...
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Can I use any manufacturer's Crossfire bridge cable?
Basically, can I use any crossfire cable to connect two HD6850 cards or are there compatibility/version issues. Reference/source of info would be helpful.
N.B. Please don't wander off into mobo ...
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ATI CrossFire instability and horizontal bands?
I recently added another ATI 5870 card to my system to experiment with ATI Crossfire (dual GPU) performance increases.
However, I've had a lot of intermittent stability problems, most seriously a set ...
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What graphics cards are compatible with 3-way CrossfireX?
When researching desktop graphics cards, I noticed that many nVidia cards support SLI, only the most expensive support triple SLI. However, I did not see any cards that said they support 3-way ...
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AMD APU Hybrid Crossfire
I've read some impressive reports about AMD Llano, including that it can work in setup similar to Hybrid Crossfire (ie. integrated GPU with the discrete GPU). I imagine, that this will only work with ...
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Crossfire Dual Screen horizontal artifacts
With my two 5870s I have a weird problem in crossfire.
I have two screens a 24''' LCD and a 37'' LED TV.
When in crossfire if I play video on the second screen it gets some odd artifacts of black(...
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How do I hookup a dual video card Crossfire rig to a single monitor?
I just received a new Alienware box preinstalled with two nice shiny ATI 6950 graphics cards. My goal is to use both of them to give me really good resolution and frame rate on my single monitor.
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Can't enable CrossfireX on 2 Diamond Radeon HD 5870
When I start Catalyst Control Center (CCC) and open AMD CrossFireX Configuration, the identify GPU button is disabled.
Both cards are detected by Windows, CPUZ and GPUZ. CCC context menu shows 6 ...
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Is it better to add a second video card in Crossfire or replace an aging video card?
I am using Windows Media Center and have come across the ridiculousness that is DRM (ala can't play DVD/Blu Ray from computer through Xbox 360 extender onto the tv).
I am looking to do something ...
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Is different drivers loaded for crossfired GPUs normal?
I have two Radeon 5850's in a crossfire setup, and I'm seeing some differences in GPU-Z for their drivers (the second doesn't have that "Catalyst 10.12") and what they say for Crossfire:
Is that ...
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Can I easily disable Crossfire?
I have a second Radeon 5850 coming, and I'd like to see the performance that the second card offers. To do this, I'd like to try the game with Crossfire, disable it, and then try it with just a single ...
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Do I need the same brand of video card to Crossfire?
I've got an XFX 5850, and I'd like to get another to do Crossfire. Does this second card need to be an XFX or is any 5850 fine? The Sapphires, for example, are much cheaper.
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