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Crossfire Bridge Question
- Thread starter Amidar
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Does that mobo do Crossfire?
If so, the cards should come with a bridge each
Yes it doe's but with them been a nvidia partner only they don't list it on the box or specs.
The cards usually come with a short crossfire bridge. You only need one. Problem is the bridges are usually so short you will end up with the 2nd card in PCI-e slot 2 which isn't ideal for cooling. The 2nd problem is unless you have a Classified 759 (which is 16x16x16x), you're 2nd card will be running 8x only, as most classified's are 16x8x16x. My advice is to purchase a long 100mm Asus crossfire brige on an auction site or ask the card manufacturer for 1. Ideally you want to be running your cards in pci-e slot 1 and 3.
Soldato
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I know it feel better to have both run at 16x, but I thought 8x doesn't really decrease performance on PCI-E 2.0 comparing to 16x...
On a 3rd 5 series in Trfire very little. But I think running 2 in Crossfire at 16x8x can degrade performance more than 10% according to some benches I've seen. Not sure if it's even noticeable but considering 99% of X58 boards run the 1st 2 slots at 16x16x, it would be a shame to run 16x8x on a classified board when a cheap long xfire cable can allow you to do 16x8x in slot 1 and 3.
