Author Topic: ATI Crossfire (Read 2920 times)

corkey · « **on:** Tue, 22 February 2011, 12:40:29 »

Hi All,

I have someone trying to sell me a computer which has ATI Crossfire cards (2 5870s) just wondering what ATI crossfire is and if its any good?

i have looked around but done understand the explanations... if anyone could help that would be great.

thanks

corkey · « **Reply #1 on:** Tue, 22 February 2011, 13:06:24 »

thanks for the info, i guess since the cards are already in i cant do much about it, but is there a way to check the loads on the cards when playing a game?

thanks

db_Iodine · « **Reply #2 on:** Tue, 22 February 2011, 13:12:45 »

You can install MSI Afterburner, and set it to log the GPU usage and temperatures, so you can check those out after you've stopped playing. With Crossfire comes some microstuddering, that at least I notice compared to single GPU systems, but sometimes the extra power of a multi GPU system is needed.

corkey · « **Reply #3 on:** Tue, 22 February 2011, 13:36:45 »

thanks guys!

kill will · « **Reply #4 on:** Tue, 22 February 2011, 14:12:37 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCwn1NTK-50

Arc'xer · « **Reply #5 on:** Tue, 22 February 2011, 14:38:23 »

Quote from: corkey;299390

Hi All,

I have someone trying to sell me a computer which has ATI Crossfire cards (2 5870s) just wondering what ATI crossfire is and if its any good?

i have looked around but done understand the explanations... if anyone could help that would be great.

thanks

ATI is dead doesn't exist anymore it's now AMD since AMD bought ATI a while back. Though they marked the 5XXX as the last to use the ATI branding, it's now AMD Graphics.

As for the (Crossfire | CrossfireX), Tri-fire, or Quad-fire; Same with Nvidia SLI, tri-SLI, or quad-SLI. It's just branding names for multi-gpu configurations.

.XL · « **Reply #6 on:** Tue, 22 February 2011, 19:28:03 »

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Welcome to Geekhack!

Although there are plenty of better Crossfire explanations on the internet I will say it supposedly makes your graphics faster.

And I say supposedly because I have an two 8800GTs and a Intel BadAxe motherboard. Intel doesn't like Nvidia. I guess I could dump them in my A8N SLI-deluxe but seems a waste.

Funny you say that, seeing as Intel technically 'owns' Nvidia and now touts them as the perfect pair for an Intel CPU

godly_music · « **Reply #7 on:** Tue, 22 February 2011, 20:04:19 »

Any brand of CPU/Mobo will work with any brand of GPU. There's always cases where something doesn't work, but that's not because of this combination.

Actually multi-GPU has its own set of problems so I would steer clear of that. Get a single, better, GPU.

Lethal Squirrel · « **Reply #8 on:** Tue, 22 February 2011, 20:54:46 »

Quote from: kill will;299446

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCwn1NTK-50

I used to freakin love that game xD

Quote from: .XL;299609

Funny you say that, seeing as Intel technically 'owns' Nvidia and now touts them as the perfect pair for an Intel CPU

yeah I was thinking that too. I thought ATI+AMD = better match. Nvidia+Intel = Better match

ricercar · « **Reply #9 on:** Wed, 23 February 2011, 00:58:13 »

Quote from: .XL;299609

Intel technically 'owns' Nvidia

In what alternate universe is this true?

db_Iodine · « **Reply #10 on:** Wed, 23 February 2011, 02:14:00 »

Quote from: Lethal Squirrel;299632

yeah I was thinking that too. I thought ATI+AMD = better match. Nvidia+Intel = Better match

AMD+AMD=Best match then?

audioave10 · « **Reply #11 on:** Wed, 23 February 2011, 10:16:47 »

My BEST match is actually AMD - Nvidia. Go figure.

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