Problems With Crossfiring

[Havocide]

Ive got this motherboard..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-259-AS

Which as far as I understood can support quadfire with ATI cards.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-171-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=168

So I got 4 of the above cards though I have the 512mb version. ON the box it says these cards support plug and play ati crossfire technology so all i should need to do is plug them in and off I go, but as far as i can see I dont see any real difference with them.

Maybe Ive set them up wrong or something?

As for other specs ive got the following.

Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9850 Quad-Core Processor, MMX, 3DNow (4 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory: 2560MB RAM (4gb)
1000w fan

 

[Havocide]

I take it you've connected them up with the crossfire connectors, got the latest drivers and enabled Crossfire in the CCC? (Sorry for asking)

If you have, download 3dmark to test them. Do 1 card, then 2 etc.

Well I didnt connect the cables purely because I dont see where they could go. Ive only got the cables that came with the motherboard. Plus it says plug and play crossfire technology.

 

[Havocide]

As far as I can tell those cards don't have Crossfire bridges on them, so all you should need to do is plug them all in and enable Crossfire in the drivers.

I take it you are using Vista by the way?

Im on XP

 

[Havocide]

+1

Because I choose to.

 

[Havocide]

This set up is actually better than my old set up, and thats all i care about. Im not a l33t gamer, I cant afford high end gaming cards x2 etc

 

[Havocide]

Yup, Havocide = fail.

Haha if you say so.

Oh and the 8800 has reported issues with games I play, so thats a no no.