Can you have 3x crossfire?

James Manns · 27 Dec 2009 at 20:43

hello,
i was just wondering if its possible to have 3 ATI 4670's for example as i have 2 already and im going to be starting a new build soon and i may be buying a mobo with 3 pci slots and ive seen that nvidia do it- just wondering really,

thanks, James

WJA96 · 27 Dec 2009 at 20:48

Nope. Two of the X2 cards run what they call Quadfire, but 3 won't do anything over 2.

James Manns · 27 Dec 2009 at 20:56

ooh i see, so its 2 or 4 not 3?

Big.Wayne · 27 Dec 2009 at 20:57

Do you mean can you run three cards in a single config i.e TriFire?

James Manns · 27 Dec 2009 at 21:06

i mean like run the as you woud with cross fire but just put another link joining the second
with the third

Reality|Bites · 27 Dec 2009 at 21:07

WJA96 said:
Nope. Two of the X2 cards run what they call Quadfire, but 3 won't do anything over 2.

you read 4970 didn't you

yes you can run 3 cards in trifire

James Manns · 27 Dec 2009 at 21:15

ok thanks, all i have to do now is find another 4670, that should be cheaper than buying a new/better card

Big.Wayne · 27 Dec 2009 at 21:16

James Manns said:
3x crossfire?

Single Radeon
Crossfire
TriFire
QuadFire

3 x Crossfire implies six graphics cards or 3 x Dual-GPUs . . .hence the confusion on WJA96's behalf! :cool:

James Manns · 27 Dec 2009 at 21:21

ooh ok sorry, i didnt know the names or anything, reason for this thread, thanks anyways

neo-omega · 27 Dec 2009 at 21:29

well we have hex-core CPU's coming soon. So, soon HexFire?

Big.Wayne · 27 Dec 2009 at 21:35

I'd be wary of Marketing names as they have a tendency to make people spend more money . . . "I want Crossfire" . . . "I want TriFire" etc . . . . when actually what most people want is enough power to enjoy HD Gaming . . . Never seen the need for more than a good single GPU myself, gets the job done but doesn't make very interesting talk on the forums! . . . unless its in the first week or two of release!

Destination · 27 Dec 2009 at 21:55

Yes won't a program need to have a trifire profile to take advantage of trifire? Or is there inherent usefulness?

James Manns · 27 Dec 2009 at 22:00

i do agree with the name thing, people end up buying the name to put in there signature more than actually using the power.
on ati catalyst your graphics cards come down in a drop down so you dont need extra software or anything as it controls each card individually

Big.Wayne · 27 Dec 2009 at 22:35

Btw James I used a Radeon HD4670 for 4-5 months and found it to be a great card, mainly bought it for the power savings as it was the best of the bunch for a casual gamer but my PC's are normally running 24/7 so it made sense!

Now you are saying you have two of these cards and are thinking of adding a third?

What kinda FPS are you getting with two? . . . . I found gaming @ 1280x720 pretty good with a single HD 4670 . . . . what res are you running at? . . . . here is a 3DMark03 screenie I dug up, can you compare please! :cool:

James Manns · 27 Dec 2009 at 23:31

i dont know the fps but i got my 2 4670 with my dell xps 625

1440 x 900 res for normal stuff, and 1200 something for gaming.
and im getting into o/cing and stuff and im going to be building a new gaming rig soon
i5+cm840 and im putting the 2 4670's in and an xfi card in from my xps