Crossfire 6450

[waggythegeek]

A friend of mine might be able to get his hands on a second 6450 for free and wanted to crossfire it with his first, asked for my help. I looked on the AMD website and didn't see it listed anywhere as compatible, does anyone know if it would work?

[RGProductions]

4 minutes ago, waggythegeek said:

A friend of mine might be able to get his hands on a second 6450 for free and wanted to crossfire it with his first, asked for my help. I looked on the AMD website and didn't see it listed anywhere as compatible, does anyone know if it would work?

Even if they work, it will be 2 potatoes and not really help much.

[waggythegeek]

Just now, RGProductions said:

Even if they work, it will be 2 potatoes and not really help much.

Bruh, two potatoes is better than one, especially for free, will it work?

[RGProductions]

Just now, waggythegeek said:

Bruh, two potatoes is better than one, especially for free, will it work?

Probably not, and in this case 2 potatoes isn't better. Framerates og from 11 to 16 and now you have stuttering and all the other crap that comes with crossfire.

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 minutes ago, waggythegeek said:

Bruh, two potatoes is better than one, especially for free, will it work?

I have done this with 5450s(there basically the same card)

 

Performance is 50% better in the best cases, and not worth it really, but works if the board supports it.

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, RGProductions said:

Even if they work, it will be 2 potatoes and not really help much.

Boi i run on potatoes (im the friend he mentioned)

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

I have done this with 5450s(there basically the same card)

 

Performance is 50% better in the best cases, and not worth it really, but works if the board supports it.

So it can work tho? Im not gaming on it so idc about that. Whole builds to bad for that

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, NovaMan01 said:

So it can work tho? Im not gaming on it so idc about that

it will work.

 

There is no reason to do this if your not gaming.

 

Non gaming programs will be the same speed or a bit slower as they can't use crossfire. If you want to run more monitors, don't use crossfire.

[Guest]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

it will work.

 

There is no reason to do this if your not gaming.

 

Non gaming programs will be the same speed or a bit slower as they can't use crossfire. If you want to run more monitors, don't use crossfire.

I just want a third monitor for now. Hopefully getting build upgrade soon so this should be temporary

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, NovaMan01 said:

I just want a third monitor for now. Hopefully getting build upgrade soon so this should be temporary

dont' use crossfire then. It wont help you at all.

 

You can use any gpu, it doesn't have to be the same model or brand(a gtx card will work fine)

 

 

[Guest]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

dont' use crossfire then. It wont help you at all.

 

You can use any gpu, it doesn't have to be the same model or brand(a gtx card will work fine)

 

 

will gtx and AMD work together? (im new to this stuff sorry)

[waggythegeek]

Just now, NovaMan01 said:

I just want a third monitor for now. Hopefully getting build upgrade soon so this should be temporary

Bruh, I literally just told you this over Skype

For more monitors you don't need to crossfire, get the cheapest compatible card, I'll go find you something if that's all you want

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, NovaMan01 said:

will gtx and AMD work together? (im new to this stuff sorry)

yep, you can runn any gpu together to run multiple monitors.

[Energycore]

Just now, NovaMan01 said:

will gtx and AMD work together? (im new to this stuff sorry)

They won't work together. There's only one game that can do AMD + Nvidia cards right now and game devs don't seem to have liked that feature so I don't see other games doing it.

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, NovaMan01 said:

I just want a third monitor for now. Hopefully getting build upgrade soon so this should be temporary

If it's just for a third monitor, that's fine and it will work.

[Guest]

Just now, Energycore said:

If it's just for a third monitor, that's fine and it will work.

any suggestions for a card thats compatible?

[waggythegeek]

2 minutes ago, NovaMan01 said:

will gtx and AMD work together? (im new to this stuff sorry)

They won't combine their performance, but they will perform individually and give you monitor support

[Energycore]

Just now, NovaMan01 said:

any suggestions for a card thats compatible?

At this point you should be looking at a card for games, if you don't want to do games just run the 2 6450s

[Guest]

Just now, Energycore said:

At this point you should be looking at a card for games, if you don't want to do games just run the 2 6450s

Any suggestions for that kind of card?

[Energycore]

Just now, NovaMan01 said:

Any suggestions for that kind of card?

For a start, a GTX 1050 ($100). From there jump to an RX 470/570 ($170), or a 480/580 ($200). Up from that a GTX 1070 for $380.

[Guest]

Just now, Energycore said:

For a start, a GTX 1050 ($100). From there jump to an RX 470/570 ($170), or a 480/580 ($200). Up from that a GTX 1070 for $380.

for under $40...? (very tight budget lol) i just need like a compatible card for the 6450 for now

 

[Guest]

Just now, NovaMan01 said:

for under $40...? (very tight budget lol) i just need like a compatible card for the 6450 for now

 

Or would it just be more simple to use another 6450

[Energycore]

Just now, NovaMan01 said:

for under $40...? (very tight budget lol) i just need like a compatible card for the 6450 for now

 

Oh you seem to have misunderstood me.

 

Crossfire is a technology that only helps for games. Even if your 6450s don't do crossfire, if you connect both and connect monitors to them, they will work. If you play games you'll only get one GPU to do the work for the game, but monitors on the other card will continue to be usable. So just run the 2 6450s

[Guest]

Just now, Energycore said:

Oh you seem to have misunderstood me.

 

Crossfire is a technology that only helps for games. Even if your 6450s don't do crossfire, if you connect both and connect monitors to them, they will work. If you play games you'll only get one GPU to do the work for the game, but monitors on the other card will continue to be usable. So just run the 2 6450s

oh sweet so i can just put it in an empty slot and run it?

[Energycore]

Just now, NovaMan01 said:

oh sweet so i can just put it in an empty slot and run it?

Yes.