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SoloCamo · July 22nd, 2005, 09:20 PM

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I beleive with crossfire you need a regular card (such as that x800xl) and then buy a seperate Crossfire able chipset videocard to run with it.

So no, two identical store bought cards won't work.

here you go, straight from ATI's website

How It Works
To build your own latest generation multi-GPU system, start with any existing Radeon® X800 or Radeon® X850 graphics card and a CrossFire Ready motherboard, such as those based on the ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 CrossFire chipset. Then add a Radeon CrossFire Edition co-processor board and plug in the external cable to unite multi-GPU power.

July 22nd, 2005, 09:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
SoloCamo Megalomaniacal Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spring Hill, FL Posts: 12,598 Blog Entries: 4	Welcome to TechIMO! I beleive with crossfire you need a regular card (such as that x800xl) and then buy a seperate Crossfire able chipset videocard to run with it. So no, two identical store bought cards won't work. here you go, straight from ATI's website How It Works To build your own latest generation multi-GPU system, start with any existing Radeon® X800 or Radeon® X850 graphics card and a CrossFire Ready motherboard, such as those based on the ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 CrossFire chipset. Then add a Radeon CrossFire Edition co-processor board and plug in the external cable to unite multi-GPU power. __________________ ------- Last edited by SoloCamo : July 22nd, 2005 at 09:25 PM.