hi,
Long story short with the shortage of 5850/5870 i was thinking of getting 2x 5770s in crossfire.
My 4 questions are:
1) Is this a good decision, is it worthwhile?
2) How does crossfire work, not knowing a lot about computer hardware, i wanted to know, is more confusing, does it go wrong more often?
3) Which of the cards do i plug the dvi cable into (once in the case, ready to go do i put the cable into the top one or the bottom (just using one monitor)).
4) Will either the:
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-159-GI
or the
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard [GA-EX58-UD5]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-155-GI
support crossfire
Many thanks in advance for your help and advice
The Scop
Long story short with the shortage of 5850/5870 i was thinking of getting 2x 5770s in crossfire.
My 4 questions are:
1) Is this a good decision, is it worthwhile?
2) How does crossfire work, not knowing a lot about computer hardware, i wanted to know, is more confusing, does it go wrong more often?
3) Which of the cards do i plug the dvi cable into (once in the case, ready to go do i put the cable into the top one or the bottom (just using one monitor)).
4) Will either the:
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-159-GI
or the
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard [GA-EX58-UD5]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-155-GI
support crossfire
Many thanks in advance for your help and advice
The Scop