Crossfire questions

[MrMartyn1984]

Hi all

I have found myself in a position with two XFX 6770's now my current board an M4a78 pro obviously can only take one.

I'm pretty new to gaming on pc's and understand I can put two of these together if I buy a new board. So I've been looking at an M5A88 V Evo, it's cheapish and has the Core Unlocket which might help my x2 550 and does crossfire, however it says PCi E x16 and then (x4 mode) what's this all about and will it affect performance?

I've now got a 750w psu so powers not a worry. Just wondering if I'll see the benefit of using crossfire?

Cheers

Martyn

 

[MrMartyn1984]

Thanks for the info, makes a lot more sense. I'm kind of stuck as what to do as I like ASUS boards and would like to test this Corr Unlocker and as I've never seen two cards runnings I should still see a decent boost in performance from what you've said. Alternatively I could buy a different board and eventually a different CPU.

Whats the best cheap ASUS board I can get with 16x?

 

[MrMartyn1984]

Is it difficult to set Crossfire up?

 

[MrMartyn1984]

A bridge?

 

[MrMartyn1984]

Ah right, thanks.

Are the pcie slots a standard size apart for one of them bridges?

Thanks again.

 

[MrMartyn1984]

Ok thanks. Well I've got 2 6770's new and boxed but no bridge supplied?

Will have to see what board I can buy and also buy a bridge.

Thanks for the help.