Does Windows 7/10 matter for crossfire?

[Kamjam21xx]

Is there crossfire configurations that you need windows 8 or 10 for?

 

Running windows 7 at the moment. Trying to get a Sapphire HD 5850 to run in crossfire with a 7970

[NelizMastr]

3 minutes ago, Kamjam21xx said:

Is there crossfire configurations that you need windows 8 or 10 for?

 

Running windows 7 at the moment. Trying to get a Sapphire HD 5850 to run in crossfire with a 7970

Wut.

 

You can't crossfire different GPUs. You can crossfire two 7970s, not a 5850 and a 7970. They can only run independent of eachother (and they can't run on the same drivers either).

[Electronics Wizardy]

you can't crossfire those 2 cards, they have to be based on the same chip(think 797- + 7950)

[SpaceGhostC2C]

No, CrossFireX, if supported, will work on all three Windows you mention. You can do it in Windows 7.

If you want to crossfire a 7970, you can only use one of the following:

- HD 7950

- HD 7970

- RX 280

- RX 280X

The last two being rebranded versions of the first two.

[Kamjam21xx]

Theres no way to have it functioning for added GPU acceleration? I was able to have both cards drivers working at the same time, with a version of the catalyst control center package that AMD removed the download for.

 

Ive never crossfired anything, havent had the chance to be that fancy yet.

 

Edit: like play games on one gpu and run a voxel based simulation in the background? 

 

I only assume its possible because my softwares have options to do such things.

 

Edited April 16, 2018 by Kamjam21xx