I plan to run two of these cards in my new build. I don't see no crossfire bight for the cards. Can I run two of these cards off the CrossFireX ?
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AMD has moved to XDMA CrossFire, what this means is that all communication between crossfired cards occurs over the PCIE bus as opposed to seperate connectors. This has resulted in fewer frame time variances and less stuttering in crossfire configs.In short, Yes. Although you may want a beefy PSU.
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Yes. You can run these in crossfire. No cable or extra software required. Two cards will show four cards total displayed in your OS.
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With this generation, crossfire bridge is not needed. Crossfire is running via PCIe lanes.
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No, Crossfire is an AMD/ATI feature, not nVidia. It does support SLI, though.
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Greetings, good question, honestly I can not answer it because I dont have much experience with SLI / CrossFire, and I dont want to give a mediocre response (sorry) but as far I know, You need the same video card, same model, to do the SLI or CrossFire.
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I'm using a 430w Corsair cx power supply with a gigabyte r9 270 (note it uses 2x 6 pin instead of just one ) and its been running normally i am even able to overclock it without hassle. I'm even thinking in adding another card to crossfire. If you think 500w is not enough (which it should depending on what type of psu it is) you should look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajiN9aVOv4A this is a high end power hungry build and it still barely even manages to get to 400w while STRESSING EVERYTHING INCLUDING CPU AND GPU TO THE MAXIMUM!! There is no need to get another psu, yet once again, i do have a 80+ bronze gpu and its rating do make it seem very reliable. I'm using a 430w Corsair cx power supply with a gigabyte r9 270 (note it uses 2x 6 pin instead of just one ) and its been running normally i am even able to overclock it without hassle. I'm even thinking in adding another card to crossfire. If you think 500w is not enough (which it should depending on what type of psu it is) you should look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajiN9aVOv4A this is a high end power hungry build and it still barely even manages to get to 400w while STRESSING EVERYTHING INCLUDING CPU AND GPU TO THE MAXIMUM!! There is no need to get another psu,... » Read More I'm using a 430w Corsair cx power supply with a gigabyte r9 270 (note it uses 2x 6 pin instead of just one ) and its been running normally i am even able to overclock it without hassle. I'm even thinking in adding another card to crossfire. If you think 500w is not enough (which it should depending on what type of psu it is) you should look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajiN9aVOv4A this is a high end power hungry build and it still barely even manages to get to 400w while STRESSING EVERYTHING INCLUDING CPU AND GPU TO THE MAXIMUM!! There is no need to get another psu, yet once again, i do have a 80+ bronze gpu and its rating do make it seem very reliable. « Show Less
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Correction, you're tying to run both? Why? This card has dual screen capability, you shouldn't need the other card at all.
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Yes. And 7970 only has 3GB GDDR5 per card. If you crossfire 2 of them, then you would have 6GB GDDR5 total. The crossfire interfaces are located on top of the 7970 next to the bios switch. Later AMD models like the R9 series can crossfire too, but they do it through the PCIe 3.0 bus. With a PCIe 3.0 bus you have enough bandwidth to not need the crossfire interfaces on top, so there are none.
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This is an AMD card. I think that it can be crossfired, I see a connection near the top left of the product picture. Although I have read somewhere that you will need at least a 650W power supply.
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no, crossfire only works in its own performance class. IE. 77xx,78xx,79xx. also in a crossfire situation the faster card will run slower to match the other card. I recommend matching the cards exactly to prevent BSODS and any other weird instances.
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Yes, I use multiple displays. For crossfire, it should support, I see plug-in on card and cable line for that.
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2x of these gives similar results as 1 GTX 680. I had them crossfired and upgraded to the 680 because many games still don't support crossfire/SLI properly. If you have the funds, would recommend upgrading to a higher card as opposed to using them in crossfire. If you can't afford much higher than a second card now, it could be useful, but some games have proven to graphical anomaly when running then in crossfire. Guild Wars 2 is a really good example of this. It will show black lines where the various textures are combined, especially along floors/ground.
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Don't think it has the crossfire connection. If your looking to crossfire there's a lot better cards out there. This card's best feature is its size. (very small)
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I have the Gigabyte AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gbps USB 3.0 ATX DDR3 1600 Motherboards GA-970A-DS3P motherboard and 2 of these GPU's for CrossFireX. It was a huge differance. With one these cards i was getting upper 80's+ in games like Outlast, GTAIV, Euro Truck Simulator, Arma 2, Dayz mod for Arma 2 operation arrowhead, and this was with all high settings except GTAIV were i had to just turn down the render distance from 100 to 76. Now with 2 of these running CrossFireX theres no stopping me. It is definently worth it.
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While there is only one PCIe x16 slot (so only one graphics card can be added) I believe with certain amd cards it supports a form of crossfire between those cards and the build in gpu. I don't have that setup myself, but see http://www.amd.com/en-us/innovations/software-technologies/dual-graphics#faq
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hi George this is my first ATI card, and what I have read about crossfire is that they would work fine, though pick your clock rate and power supply wisely, my card can do 1140 stable with premium cooling I have a 3750k overclocked to 4.6 with 8 gig of ram 2 ssd dvd. I made the mistake of using a 700 wat power supply. power failures were frequent don't underestimate what 2 will need.
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I'm not sure I quite understand your question. But if you are asking if the card can crossfire with a processor that has integrated graphics, like core i5 or core i7's (or the opposing amd chips if any) I would say probably not. Crossfire was made specifically for use between two or more compatible graphics cards. However, since the processor you're talking about is made by the same company that designed the architecture of this card, I wouldn't completely rule out the possibility. You should ask tech support for the card or an online forum, as others likely know more than I.
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It uses CrossfireX, and you won't need any connector piece for it. Nowadays its handled purely by software. Just select "enable crossfirex" and you're running both your cards!
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PCI-E has (I believe) 16 lanes total, so you can run 8x 8x SLI, but not 3-way due to SLI's limitations. You can run 3-way Crossfire at 8x 4x 4x, but I have no clue on the sound card.