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Does crossfire still have issues?

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I want to sell my brother my 7950 but he already has one and is afraid crossfire will suck. Be hoenst here I am showing him this thread.

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Issues with CFX and SLI pertain only to drivers and internal optimization within the game itself.
However it is better to have CFX/SLI than not to since when it works correctly it's always much better. When it doesn't work correctly you can configure your control panel to disable CFX/SLI on a per application basis as needed for stability. When CFX/SLI is not being utilized correctly, it usually just defaults to single-GPU mode anyway.
EDIT: In a nutshell? No. There haven't been universal global issues with either for going on years now.

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I want to sell my brother my 7950 but he already has one and is afraid crossfire will suck. Be hoenst here I am showing him this thread.

Most of the issue are fixed. I believe for some games, there are still some issue. Can't really remember which games but it's 1 of the aaa games.

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Issues with CFX and SLI pertain only to drivers and internal optimization within the game itself.

However it is better to have CFX/SLI than not to since when it works correctly it's always much better. When it doesn't work correctly you can configure your control panel to disable CFX/SLI on a per application basis as needed for stability. When CFX/SLI is not being utilized correctly, it usually just defaults to single-GPU mode anyway.

When it's not working correctly and still enabled you will lose performance, especially with SLI.

Titles that include "Not working correctly" badges are such titles such as: World of Warcraft, Minecraft, Guild Wars 2, (Practically ever MMO ever released), Dota 2, League of Legends, etc.

Every time you disable SLI/CFX you have to close all of your major applications and stuff too, not a big deal, but a pain in the ***, especially when you're using a high end machine.

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When it's not working correctly and still enabled you will lose performance, especially with SLI.

Titles that include "Not working correctly" badges are such titles such as: World of Warcraft, Minecraft, Guild Wars 2, (Practically ever MMO ever released), Dota 2, League of Legends, etc.

Every time you disable SLI/CFX you have to close all of your major applications and stuff too, not a big deal, but a pain in the ***, especially when you're using a high end machine.

This is why I said "usually" after already stating what you're pointing out.

EDIT: This is also why I mention setting the control panel to disable CFX/SLI on a per application basis. Application profiles; they are a thing we use to automate this sort of nonsense. Could also add that windowed mode will ALWAYS run single-GPU for AMD graphics cards. I think SLI works windowed in some cases with diminished performance, but citation needed here as this is rumor-mill level info.

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nope the Omega Drivers have solved the stuttering issues in CF

 

you can get a R9 280 to CF with the HD7950

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When it's not working correctly and still enabled you will lose performance, especially with SLI.

Titles that include "Not working correctly" badges are such titles such as: World of Warcraft, Minecraft, Guild Wars 2, (Practically ever MMO ever released), Dota 2, League of Legends, etc.

Every time you disable SLI/CFX you have to close all of your major applications and stuff too, not a big deal, but a pain in the ***, especially when you're using a high end machine.

 

 

This is why I said "usually" after already stating what you're pointing out.

 

 

Most of the issue are fixed. I believe for some games, there are still some issue. Can't really remember which games but it's 1 of the aaa games.

 

He is mainlky worried that GTA 5 will have issues with crossfire.

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He is mainlky worried that GTA 5 will have issues with crossfire.

the GTA 5 PC port will be buggy at first launch

 

so i say wait for a while for workarounds

 

otherwise

 

BF4 and Crysis will run like a dream in CF

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He is mainlky worried that GTA 5 will have issues with crossfire.

This is an unknown (EDIT: To claim otherwise is both presumptuous and speculation at best). GTA 5 isn't even out yet. Will it run in CFX? Depends on whether or not AMD gets to sample the game before release so CFX drivers come out with it. Otherwise, likely not until AMD can make CFX drivers for it after release. This will eventually happen if not before release. Until it does though, can disable CFX specifically for GTA 5 until a driver update that states CFX support added.

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the GTA 5 PC port will be buggy at first launch

 

so i say wait for a while for workarounds

 

otherwise

 

BF4 and Crysis will run like a dream in CF

 

 

This is an unknown (EDIT: To claim otherwise is both presumptuous and speculation at best). GTA 5 isn't even out yet. Will it run in CFX? Depends on whether or not AMD gets to sample the game before release so CFX drivers come out with it. Otherwise, likely not until AMD can make CFX drivers for it after release. This will eventually happen if not before release. Until it does though, can disable CFX specifically for GTA 5 until a driver update that states CFX support added.

 

How does one disable the card?

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How does one disable the card?

you can set it in the Catalyst Control Center

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you can set it in the Catalyst Control Center

Thanks for all the help!

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