Running CF with a mining card?

[P4Clock]

I have a rx 580 8gb, and I know a lad with an unused 580 8gb mining.

Will they work in cf?
The sims I play scale very well with cf, I have just picked up a 32" 1440 screen and the 580 at max setting is giving me around 40fps. When I CF with a 570 4gb card I own I get around 70fps but lose 4gb of ram.

Is the mining card worth getting, the lad is a 70min drive away, I don't want to do that then the gpu not work.

 

[P4Clock]

Doubtful, aren't these cards disabled for gaming at the bios level? Maybe a re-flash etc might do it though? I wouldn't bother personally.

I know the nvidia mid to low cards have had it taken away but I never seen anything indicating you could not do this on an AMD card (580 for example).

This is the worry I had. I know a used 580 would cost me £100ish so I feel the pros outway the cons for me. I know the games I want it for all do support it. I don't feel for this price there is a better option

 

[P4Clock]

Nope the mining editions just had physical outputs removed afaik.

That is correct

 

[P4Clock]

How much? Because 580s are cheap as chips. Good luck unloading a mining one if it doesn't work.

Free, he got 6 but could only run 5.
I gave him a cpu and ram a few months ago, so it's a back payment. I am asking because if it doesn't work I don't want to drive down.