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So the long and the short of it is that I'm looking to get my first multi-GPU setup going. My grand plan is to buy an RX480, and throw in a second one when my budget allows. My current motherboard is an H170 chipset with 2 PCIe slots, one 16x, and one 4x. Despite the PCB having a lovely little label saying it supports crossfire, I don't entirely believe it. I'm assuming that I will need a board with the 2nd slot being at least an 8x, as seems to be the norm with Z170 boards. Also my current processor only has a max of 16 PCIe lanes (its an i5 6600), so I'm assuming that needs an upgrade as well. (Edit: Have looked at the 6700k specs, same PCIe lane config, so I assume that its fine then?) Finally, I have an entry level Quadro card that I salvaged from a dead CAD machine that was being thrown out, would there be any benefit to throwing that in my 2nd slot as something like a PhysX card? -
Hi ! I have a GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 motherboard and i am wondering if Crossfire/SLI will be fine with it? 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8) * The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4) * The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX8 and PCIEX16 slots. When the PCIEX4 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode and the PCIEX8 will operate at up to x4 mode. * When installing a x8 or above card in the PCIEX4 slot, make sure to set PCIE Slot Configuration (CPU) in BIOS Setup to x4. (Refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Peripherals," for more information.) (The PCIEX16, PCIEX8 and PCIEX4 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
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Hi ! Planning to get a GPU within this few days and I would like to ask if getting a 980Ti will be able to run the highest settings on overwatch at 144fps > ? As I've seen some videos some have been at 80-90fps and some over 144fps to 150+fps so I'm kind of confused right now. Additional question : Or should I get the RX480? I might have plans to SLI or Crossfire the cards (depending which I get ) Which one would be better? Thanks ~
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Can the R7 370 crossfire with the R9 290x?
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Tweakers.net just posted their review off the RX 480 that also include CF Thanks to Alternate.nl sending one to test CF disclamer: its not posseple to make it like look it does there since they have a special system they use for putting benchmark number on their site System specs Picture off the testbench Synthetische benchmarks: 3DMark Fire Strike (graphics): Unigine Heaven 4.0 (normal): Games: Alien: Isolation 1920x1080 2560x1440 3840x2160 Dragon Age: Inquisution 1920x1080 - ultra 2560x1440 - ultra 3840x2160 - high Far Cry 4 1920x1080 - ultra - 4xMSAA 2560x1440 - ultra - 4xMSAA 3840x2160 - medium GTA V 1920x1080 - very high 2560x1440 - very high 3840x2160 - high Project Cars 1920x1080 - high 2560x1440 - high 3850x2160 - medium The Witcher 3 1920x1080 - high - hareworks off 2560x1440 - high - hareworks off 3840x2160 - medium Hitman 1920x1080 - ultra - DX12 2560x1440 - ultra - DX12 3860x2160 - ultra - DX12 Rise of the Tomb Raider 1920x1080 - DX12 - very high 2560x1440 - DX12 - very high 3840x2160 - DX12 - very high the number look good except for htman on wich your better off running a single card but if you ignore that it look quit good. This are just the performance numbers over at the souce you can also find vr performance, overclocking results and powerdraw / nois levels. (did this so that i basicly don't ripoff their intire review) but now the most inportrant question: What you do think off this? links for the missing stats: VR, energy and sound, overclocking, performance index Source
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Will the 390x in CF beat the 980ti in benchmarks and games also any proof or stats? Edit 390x Edit again I realized i can afford the 390x
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Hi guys, I don't feel like I'm ready to put 400 dollars into a GPU, so I wanted to start off lower. I was wondering which of these two options I should go for when I need more power in the future: 1) Buy a medium-performance GPU and add the same type of card when more performance is needed in the future 1) Buy a medium-performance GPU and buy a Higher level GPU when I need more power, and sell the old card For example: R9 380 now, extra R9 380 in a few years R9 380 now, sell the R9 380 in a few years and buy a r9 390 (same could go for the GTX 960 and GTX 970) I would like to play AAA games at 1080p at 60fps with most settings on max (excluding unnecesary options like 8x MSAA or Hairworks) Thanks! -
Just curious can you run 4 r9 290x and an a10 r7 7850k apu together
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Hi, I am going to get the HIS reference 290X and also the Corsair HG10 GPU cooling bracket with an H60 (To be upgraded soon). What kind of overclock can I expect to get from it and also how much power would two of these in CF consume? Also, does it make sense to get the H60 or is it not powerful enough? Thanks, Jakob
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Hello, I have a i5 4690k, and when at stock, with 2 7950s, they get bottlenecked in bf4 at 60% usage. When I oc it to 4.6ghz, I get 85-95% usage in BF4 64p Rush. Is it normal that in bf4 this i5 will bottleneck? Thanks
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Hello, I have a 100i, MSI Z97 gaming 7 mobo, and 6gb DDR3 1333mhz. I want to OC my CPU so it keeps up with my 7950 CFX. I hope to do 4.8ghz. What voltage is recommended? (I know all cpus are different). Also what ring frequency, should it be the same as the cpu ratio? ie 48 cpu, 48 ring? Also what's the safe voltage? Thanks all!
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Adobe ColdFusion & Alpha Five - Professional help needed
RaidenLeeChin posted a topic in Programming
I am starting a new part time job soon and they use Alpha Five and ColdFusion (not using that again) to build/manage their webpages. They code from scratch so no frameworks are used. Anyone out there who code in Alpha Five? I need tips, examples and any sample code that you might want to share. Also if it is possible to message you whenever i need help in something. Thanks lots! -
Just to clarify, I WILL be getting two GPU's anyway, so it's just a matter of which two. (Don't try and suggest a single 780 Ti) So, for my first question budget isn't a concern, and I'll also be water cooling these cards too. I was wondering which set-up would be the better performer between the 290X and 780 Ti. when gaming with the LG 34UM95 or a similar 3440x1440 monitor? From what I've heard at >1440p, an R9 290X is the faster GPU. Okay, with the second question, budget is a concern. I have approximately £800 right now, and am able to get two R9 290X lightning GPU's for exactly £800. Would a GTX 780 6GB SLI set up be an equally compelling option? Or should I wait for more funds to buy two GTX 780 Ti reference cards for £1000. Also, having come from an AMD HD 7950, I wasn't that impressed with the drivers. Do you think going with an Nvidia solution with (historically) "better" drivers, is worth any performance delta that may exist between the R9 290X and 780? I would be over-clocking this set-up under water, so if you could, factor how well the card over-clocks. Also let me know if you feel this would be better answered with a poll. I would still like your input in the form of a reply rather than a vote though. -
AMD XFX 7870tahiti CF with 7950 Low GPU usage Help please.
Valhalla posted a topic in Graphics Cards
Hello, I play games like BF4 and my cards (XFX 7870tahiti CF with XFX 7950). Normally with one I would get about 90-99% usage but now in CF I get 30-50% usage on each. I do see a performance increase about 50-60 fps on Ultra 200% resoultion scale @1080p (It used to be unplayable at >30fps). But I hope to increase this and run the game better. I also see this on other games too. Is this normal and how can I fix it. Thanks! -
Hi! I was just wondering which 7970 ghz would be best for me, I like a card to be quiet, cool and be good for future crossfire. On my motherboard 3- slot cards in CF wont have any space in between them so a 2- slot card would be perfect. Do you guys have any experience with CF 7970s?I'd love it if you'd post links for the cards! A bonus would be that the cards wouldn't look half bad.
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Hello, I currently have an FX 8320 @ 4.6Ghz on an asrock 970 Extreme 3 R2.0, I'm thinking about "upgrading" to an intel CPU, because my current set up seems to be bottlenecking my two 7950s, In BF3 and 4 (the only games I really play), In some maps I get 40-60fps (ultra preset 1080p) and on others like silk road I get 90-120fps like I should. The reason why I think its a CPU Bottleneck is because when I go on an empty server and look in the same place I get nearly twice the FPS. Also my GPUs are at 63-65% load. SoI figured why not the 4670k. I can sell my FX and motherboard for $260 to a friend that wants it, and get the 4670k for $260 (that's how much it is here in Vancouver Canada, if you know a cheaper place PLEASE tell me). Now I need to get the motherboard, I was thinking about the Asus Z87-A for $105. I thought this would be a great upgrade for the money, but when I went to my firends house (he has a 4670k and a MSI motherboard that can do 4.0GHz max stable) I got same fps (with my ram and GPUs in his board). When I OC'ed his CPU even more from 4Ghz to 4.2Ghz I could only play for 3mins until blue screen but for those 3 minutes it seemed better, though not by much. My idea was that with this board and my shadow rock 2 CPU cooler I could get 4.8GHz and remove the bottleneck compleaty and get 120fps every map. Please let me know if this upgrade is worth it, or if it will make fps higher at all. Thanks IF it takes me a while to reply its becuase my internet is getting fixed, I'll get it working in 4 hours.. -
Hello, I currently have an asrock 970 extreme 3 R2.0 Mobo and a FX 8320 @4.4GHz 1.4V and my two GPUs seem to be bottlenecked in both bf3 and bf4... My GPU usage is random on MSI after burner, like tons of spikes and ditches it goes from 20%-100% in under 1 second. Any way I went to go look if Intel would help me. First off let me say I don't want to change since it would be very expensive. So I went and googled it and this is what popped up:http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crossfire-sli-scaling-bottleneck,3471-4.html It said there that in BF3 the difference between the 3770k and 8350 was nearly nonexistent so what am I doing wrong? Is it my oc, 6GB DDR3 1333mhz or what? Please tell me as I want to fix the bf4 frame rate. Also in some bf4 maps I get 90-120fps ultra 1080p (10 lower than o should, I can live with it) and in others like paracel storm I get 40-70fps and the dips make the game hard to play... How can I fix this? Thanks so much to who ever helps me fix it.
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I have a FX 8320 ATM and the two cards. My system has 650WPSU and 6Gb DDR3 1333MHZ. Also I get 90-120FPS with the FX 8320 Silk Road 64p Ultra preset @ 1080p. Is this good. I noticed with the MSI afterburner OSD that the cards were at different usage levels at the same time. Ex. GPU 0 80% GPU 1 100%. Also the GPU 1 was at 71C and the GPU 0 was at 86C. What I was worried about was that the CPU usage was 50-70% on all cores (each core read a different usage never 90-100...) and the GPUs could not go 99%. Why is my CPU not at 100% to feed the GPUs so they can do 99%??? Also why are the two GPUs at different usage levels? Thanks in advance!
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Hello which card(s) win? I play BF3 and BF4 on a single 1080p 24" monitor on ultra preset and I indend to stay with that screen for a while. I know one card is always better than two, but JUST performance wise which set wins? Also all the cards cost within $40 or less (a set) from eachother Prices: 5850 CF<5970<5870 CF=7950
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Hi, I need help choosing a new graphics card for my new gaming pc. This is the cards ive been looking at: ASUS Matrix Platinum 7970 CF = 640€/870$ Gigabyte 7990 = 550€/760$ ASUS DC2 280x CF = 640€/870$. Or wait for 290x.
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Basically , im preparing a new rig but my head is spinning over these 2 options i have. I like the fact that the 290x will be almost equal to 780ti at 1440p , its cheaper AND will support Mandle which can boost up the overall perfomance of the pc in game with this feature enabled.On the other hand if i go with the gtx 780ti's i can buy a ROG SWIFT PG278Q G-Sync enabled monitor when its going to be released , and i can enjoy the extra features of nVidia cards(such as 3D vision , GPU Booster 2.0 , PhysX..e.t.c.). Rest of the setup will be CPU : i5 4670k Mobo:MSI Z87 GD65 ATX LGA1150 RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB HDD : WD 1TB RED Case : Corsair 450D PSU : Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold OS : Windows 8.1
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Hello! I've been doing some overclocking tests with my R9 290s after putting them under water. You can check the water cooling build here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/167195-water-cooling-r9-290-crossfire/ I got curious about how much wattage am I actually pulling, since I only have 860 Watts PSU for these Hawaii cards. The Corsair AX860i being a digital PSU has a feature to log various system data into Excel datasheets. This time around I concentrated only on the power usage, which will give power in ("from the wall"), power out (what PSU feeds to the components) and efficiency (out / in). For all tests I used the Valley benchmark as I've found out it really pushes the system power usage. I ran all tests at the Ultra setting at 2560x1440 with 14.6 beta drivers (not the best for benchmark scores). For overclocking I used MSI After Burner and Sapphire Trixx for its added overclocking ranges. System: CPU: i7 3820 @4,3 GHz + 16GB 1833 MHz ram GPU: 2x Gigabyte R9 290 OC WindForce (GV-R929OC-4GD rev 1.0) MB: P9X79 PSU: Corsair AX860i (230 V in) Before going into power consumption vs clocks comparisons, which are all done on water, lets take a look at water vs air. Before installing the water blocks, I did a Valley run on air at the factory oc settings 1040/1250, and then again after water cooling. As you can see, the power consumption is over 10% higher on air than on water. Heat lessens components efficiency since higher temperatures increase electrical resistance which leads to higher heat output and power consumption. We are talking about 50-40 C difference in temperatures between a water cooled and an air cooled GPU. Okay lets start with the stock (reference) R9 290 clocks 947 MHz on the core and memory at 1250 MHz. As you can see the power in is about 560 Watts and power out 530 Watts. Next would be the Gigabyte factory OC 1040/1250, but you can already see that from the air vs water comparison. Power in is about 650 W and out 600 W. Then lets go to 1100/1350, still on stock voltage. Power consumption doesn't rise much from 1040/1250 Next is a bigger leap to higher clocks and over voltting. 1200/1600 with +100 mV Vcore and Aux voltage. With voltage increase and higher clocks the power consumption rises to an another level. Power in ~860 W and out ~780 W. And finally at the limits of my PSU and the cards. 1230 MHz on the core and memory at 1650 MHz (6600 MHz effective) and +150 mV voltage increase. Ouch. Total power consumption is over 900 Watts and PSU is putting out that 860 W and a little more at some point. I didn't do any fine tuning on the OCs, just threw settings in, so the voltages could probably have been lower. I hope this was informative for someone. I learned how my cards behave under different clocks. Fame for the person who redoes these on air
