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Running CF with a mining card?

P4Clock

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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.
 
Yes.

If it scales with games you play then great. Not many these days but I see there is multi-gpu support going forward if not for gaming so as long as the drivers factor it in then I am a person that has crossfired since it was able to over the years.

Is it worth getting? That's down to you and I would guess about 90% of users on this forum would say no.

I would be using it for mining though when not gaming so it would be a double yes from me! :)
 
Upon a search this was as recent as you will get.


Some games it actually is great and brings me back to the whole point in having a board that can do it. Basically I was always one of the 'I will add another card later when the prices drop further down the line' types.
 
JediFragger said:
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.
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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).
 
JediFragger said:
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.
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Th0nt said:
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).
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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
 
About 7 years ago I used two 7770's and it worked. A bit different when I had the 7990 not long after but you just search and I cannot see 580s not being able to do it so go figure.
 
Armageus said:
Nope the mining editions just had physical outputs removed afaik.
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Ahh my bad a specific mining edition without the outputs - hmm. In theory the monitor goes into the existing card and this should be possible but would have to check the spec stated on the model.
 
AiiR said:
How much? Because 580s are cheap as chips. Good luck unloading a mining one if it doesn't work.
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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.
 
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