New toys :)

subbytna · 11 Sep 2011 at 22:30

Just came back from Turkey holidays to find this waiting for me...niiiiice :cool:

deleted as addy was visable

puts a beating on the 580 for less cost...happy boy here

subbytna · 11 Sep 2011 at 22:42

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18315440&page=2

just spotted this thread....o_O

Surveyor · 11 Sep 2011 at 22:54

Very nice, but you probably want to remove the picture with your (or someone elses) name and address on.

AntiHeroUK · 11 Sep 2011 at 23:16

Yeah or I might pay him a visit and "borrow" his cards

Sgt Tackleberry · 12 Sep 2011 at 07:14

Benchmarks would be good now

panyan · 12 Sep 2011 at 08:22

Sgt Tackleberry said:
Benchmarks would be good now

+1 and a pic of them in situ

Evoss · 12 Sep 2011 at 08:24

Coolio, but as others have said, you may want to smudge out your name and address as you know what some people are like on here, will do anything for their next hit of graphics power xD

subbytna · 12 Sep 2011 at 10:36

yeah piccy deleted

GTO656 · 12 Sep 2011 at 21:01

subbytna said:
yeah piccy deleted

Were there any problems with your 6870 crossfire subbytna??

Too Tall · 12 Sep 2011 at 23:35

Very nice, fancy a swap?

Tokin · 12 Sep 2011 at 23:42

subbytna said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18315440&page=2

just spotted this thread....o_O

Iv'e never had any issues what so ever with my 6870 mate

weyland yutani · 12 Sep 2011 at 23:48

Neither have I, though mine isnt the VTX. 6870 is a great card.

Kouba · 13 Sep 2011 at 17:21

Not had any issues with 6870 crossfire as of yet

Operation · 13 Sep 2011 at 18:36

So Subby, how's it going? Up and running?

subbytna · 13 Sep 2011 at 20:05

No not yet, was arguing with OCUK about my deux ex freebie games. Now I got the code I@ll have a whirl of it tomorrow night....consumer pressure WIN

Anyway it'll involve removal of the great 460 card, removal of Nvidia drivers and AMD drivers installed and I'll take it from there.

Praying that the VTX 6870's work [pray] please please please [/pray]

Kouba · 13 Sep 2011 at 20:31

Just make sure you install one card, then the drivers, then switch off, then the second card.

subbytna · 13 Sep 2011 at 20:36

noted, thanks for the heads up. Never used multi cards before, anything else I need to know?

BTW which card do I plug my monitor into?

Also what are good games to do bench marks or should I use a synthetic prog to bench? I'd like to bench the 460 then do the same for the xfire 6870s to compare

Kouba · 13 Sep 2011 at 20:38

Plug the hdmi cable into the primary card i.e. the one on top.

I used heaven benchmark and 3dmark11

After i installed my cards + crossfire bridge, I installed steam which then proceeded to install latest video card drivers, i checked that crossfire x was enabled in CCC. Then i installed latest CAPs from AMD. http://www.rage3d.com/cap/

Crossfire has been cracking so far, fantastic performance, my hawk 6870s run quite cool and quiet, only game that has taken one card to 70C was arma 2 on fully maxed out settings.

Strife212 · 13 Sep 2011 at 20:58

subbytna said:
No not yet, was arguing with OCUK about my deux ex freebie games.

lol,

I've never once recieved one of the graphics card free games, you're lucky you got it. Even after I complained!