Crossifre (3870 with 3870xt)

[Vince]

Hello there,

I am just wondering if I would be able to crossfire my ddr3 3870 with a ddr4 3870xt? I currently have the gigabyte 3870 and was going to crossfire this with OCUK 3870xt.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Yes you can, they are the same cards, apart from one has DDr4 Ram.

 

[Vince]

Sounds good, will just get me another one and then all will be good , dunno why I want another, don't even game that much but want something to play with

Cheers LoadsaMoney

 

[Lightnix]

Wait - do you mean the 3870 X2 (which have GDDR3 as standard)? 'Cause I thought all the single 3870(/ XT)'s had GDDR4, which every site and product page I've seen also seems to reflect...

Or have I missed something important?

 

[Vince]

There were two dirrerent 3807's created by gigabyte one had ddr3 with tighter timings and the other had ddr4 I was stupid enough not to check when buying and be shipped one with ddr3...

 

[Scougar]

I don't see the problem... if the memory is good it should perform pretty damn good with DDR3 anyway, maybe better given the timings (if tighter than the 3850's timings).

Matthew

 

[kylew]

Ati has dropped the "XT" and "Pro" suffixes from their cards now, so it's just "3850" and "3870" any changes to the card will be listed like, if it's a 3850 with more ram it will be a 3850 512MB , so no need worrying if it will work or not