Crossfire 7970+280x

[AMaleWhale]

I heard somewhere I can crossfire my 7970 with a 280x, so when I want to upgrade that would be a good option for me. But how does that work. How do you do it, 7970 has crossfire connector, 280x doesn't from what I know?

 

Please help.

[Polyvalent]

Pretty sure the only card that doesn't have a connector is the 290/290x. Could be wrong.

Those two chips are basically the same so you should theoretically be able to crossfire them.

[PassionFruit]

It actually does have it.

[Superarragon]

They both have crossfire connectors, you'll be fine.

[dragosudeki]

Pretty sure the only card that doesn't have a connector is the 290/290x. Could be wrong.

Those two chips are basically the same so you should theoretically be able to crossfire them.

You are correct in both your statements

[AMaleWhale]

so I could just slap em both in, plug them up and they are ready to go? do I not need to change any clock speeds or anything?

[DoubleY]

I heard somewhere I can crossfire my 7970 with a 280x, so when I want to upgrade that would be a good option for me. But how does that work. How do you do it, 7970 has crossfire connector, 280x doesn't from what I know?

 

Please help.

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[bamerx98]

so I could just slap em both in, plug them up and they are ready to go? do I not need to change any clock speeds or anything?

You might have to put the 280x in the top slot for crossfire to work but thats all 

[TheNinjaNextDor]

They both have a bridge.

Only the 290x and 290 dont.

You can just put them in and run them like any other setup.

[AMaleWhale]

alright, cool

[SkulD]

I heard somewhere I can crossfire my 7970 with a 280x, so when I want to upgrade that would be a good option for me. But how does that work. How do you do it, 7970 has crossfire connector, 280x doesn't from what I know?

Please help.

Look at my signature

you plug them into your mobo, put the crossfire bridge, install drivers, enable crossfire.

You can use then in any way posible, i mean the 7970 or thr 280x on top it doednt matter

[Opcode]

Hawaii based cards no longer use the bridge, which is only the R9 290(X). The 280X still uses the bridge since its essentially a HD 7970, just rebranded.