Crossfire!

[DeevoGold]

Is it safe to crossfire yet?

[Samdb]

Yes, it's fine, but wait for the 9000 series before you buy your card.

[Excon]

For dual GPU only not using Eyefinity, yes.

[Levent]

crossfiring was always safe i never saw a gpu exploding after crossfire

if you mean drivers i would say no still not that good

[RadSalacan]

Just make sure you don't get caught up in it........CROSSFIRE!!!

[CoolBeans]

Yes but the micro stuttering is still not 100% gone.

[Ssoele]

No, it is not safe yet, your mouse will blow up!

 

But now serious, yes, go for it, AMD is the best bang for the back at the moment.

[DeevoGold]

Great, I have a 7870 and want to pick up another. I just want it to work and not have to worry about screen tearing and what not.

[pummetje]

Great, I have a 7870 and want to pick up another. I just want it to work and not have to worry about screen tearing and what not.

 

go for it i own 2 7870s and they are great together

i even put waterblock on the cards im very happy with the performance

 

screen tearing is always a issue when you disable vsync

even with a single gpu you get screen tearing in some games

the solution to screen tearing is 120hz monitor 

[Stephie_Girl]

Sadly, the resale value of an HD 7870 isn't that amazing, but they haven't dropped much in prices.  But if you can get one for say less than 200 it might be a good idea!!

Hope this helps

[DeevoGold]

Thanks for the help folks!

[DiamondFX]

Great, I have a 7870 and want to pick up another. I just want it to work and not have to worry about screen tearing and what not.

 

My HD 7850 works quite fine. I just set it up the other day. It performs very good in many games with the 13.8 beta drivers. Some things still need to be improved though. My Unigine Heaven Bench:

 

[OneGun]

Yes but the micro stuttering is still not 100% gone.

There will never be 100% gone..Even single GPUs have a tiny bit of Micro stutter.. :D

[delet my acc pls]

Yes but the micro stuttering is still not 100% gone.

Just want to add that nVidia have micro stuttering too

[CoolBeans]

Just want to add that nVidia have micro stuttering too

Not as much as AMD systems though

[DeevoGold]

It is better to get the identical card for crossfire as well, right?  Also for the setup, you just need to plug the crossfire bridge in and it auto detects it, correct?

[Villain]

It is better to get the identical card for crossfire as well, right?  Also for the setup, you just need to plug the crossfire bridge in and it auto detects it, correct?

 

It isn't necessary to have the same brand of card for crossfire; it is however necessary to have the same iteration of a card (like two 7950's or two 780's). The only benefit to having the same brand of card is the aesthetic of it, but other than that there isn't any reason to have the same brand. Once you have the crossfire bridge set up, you just simply go into catalyst and enable crossfire.

[DeevoGold]

Awesome, I am pumped for this now. Thanks alot.

[DiamondFX]

It isn't necessary to have the same brand of card for crossfire; it is however necessary to have the same iteration of a card (like two 7950's or two 780's). The only benefit to having the same brand of card is the aesthetic of it, but other than that there isn't any reason to have the same brand. Once you have the crossfire bridge set up, you just simply go into catalyst and enable crossfire.

 

I agree different brands but identical GPUs will Crossfire. 

[xAcid9]

Is it safe to crossfire yet?

 

Yes, but DIrectX9 and Eyefinity is not supported yet.

[DiamondFX]

Yes, but DIrectX9 and Eyefinity is not supported yet.

 

It is supported. However, the issues have not been fixed entirely. 

[xAcid9]

It is supported. However, the issues have not been fixed entirely. 

 

Which one? 

[DiamondFX]

Which one? 

 

With Crossfire, you can run EyeFinity and DX9 games. 

[xAcid9]

With Crossfire, you can run EyeFinity and DX9 games.

 

I should be more specific, the FramePacing fix is not supported yet for DX9 and Eyefinity or did i miss something?  :blink:

[DiamondFX]

I should be more specific, the FramePacing fix is not supported yet for DX9 and Eyefinity or did i miss something?  :blink:

 

Thanks, I was wondering my self if it wasn't supported entirely. lol.