Crossfire question

[beardyweirdy]

Hi

Sorry if you think this is a daft question but I am about to crossfire 2 6950s (one is MSI and the other will be the ICEQ version) and I have a coule of questions.

I have had Nvidia SLI before and never had issues but have heard a lot of negative re xfire

1. Is it Ok to use 2 different cards
2. Is it simply plug and play or do I have to mess with drivers?
3. What are the potential problems?

Thanks

 

[tommybhoy]

You already have the answers on your other thread:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=20805025#post20805025

The answer to your questions though:

1. Yes, but both the same would be ideal.
2. Plug and play, connect 1(you don't need 2) CrossFire link cable to both cards(while the PC is off) and enable CrossFire in CCC.
3. You might get sore eyes from staring at a screen at the end of your nose!

 

[ALXAndy]

1, 2 skip a few

3. Tearing, crashing, micro flicker, waiting on profiles, it not working at all due to a bug in the drivers, .exe renaming, the worst drivers you ever did see.

And so on.

 

[tommybhoy]

Tearing-Triple buffering.
Crashing-Happens with single cards too.
Micro stutter-Unlikely he's on a highly clocked i7.
Waiting on profiles, it not working at all due to a bug in the drivers, .exe renaming,-Make your own profiles with the new 12.1 drivers!

Is everyone not to go dual because you didn't enjoy the experience ALXAndy?

I'm only asking due to your negative comments whenever someone asks about dual setups.

I have done it twice now, SLI and now CrossFire and both times it's been fine with me.

 

[ALXAndy]

Tearing-Triple buffering.
Crashing-Happens with single cards too.
Micro stutter-Unlikely he's on a highly clocked i7.
Waiting on profiles, it not working at all due to a bug in the drivers, .exe renaming,-Make your own profiles with the new 12.1 drivers!

Is everyone not to go dual because you didn't enjoy the experience ALXAndy?

I'm only asking due to your negative comments whenever someone asks about dual setups.

I have done it twice now, SLI and now CrossFire and both times it's been fine with me.

All of the above = aggro you don't get with one card.

Do you see?

As I have said before. If you like piddling around and messing with everything and not actually playing games - go multi GPU.

There's no reason to multi GPU as there is a single GPU card good enough for every resolution. So you're doing it for the scores.

Unless of course you want to run Nvidia surround or get a decent framerate in Eyefinity. Otherwise? overkill, pointless indulgence.

 

[PapaLazaru]

Wait till 7 series.