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3 minutes ago, KingTdiGGiTTy said:

I have a Thinkstation S30 motherboard it has two 16x PCIe slots and supports SLI on certain quadros.

I've heard that crossfire will work on almost any motherboard. Is that true?/Can my motherboard run crossfire?

What GPU? Or do you already have 2 of the GPUs?

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Just now, KingTdiGGiTTy said:

possible RX 480s or R9 390s

Completely waste of money, wouldn't bother unless the 2nd GPU is free or something.

 

motherboard probably supports it, but don't bother for real.

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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Just now, Streetguru said:

Completely waste of money, wouldn't bother unless the 2nd GPU is free or something.

 

motherboard probably supports it, but don't bother for real.

You don't even know what i'm using it for. I am planning on buying a 480 know and then another one in like 8-10 months or something.

 

Can anyone give me an explanation for this? Is there a techquickie on it?

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8 minutes ago, KingTdiGGiTTy said:

You don't even know what i'm using it for. I am planning on buying a 480 know and then another one in like 8-10 months or something.

 

Can anyone give me an explanation for this? Is there a techquickie on it?

That's still a complete waste of money unless it's ultra cheap/free.

Most games still will not properly support SLI/Crossfire. Which is why it's not worth it.


What's your current GPU? AMD is likely to just launch a Vega refresh or RX 680 soon enough which is a better choice than a polaris 10 card at that point.

Unless you're going to do some kind of rendering that actually uses 2 GPUs well.
 

 

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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17 minutes ago, KingTdiGGiTTy said:

You don't even know what i'm using it for. I am planning on buying a 480 know and then another one in like 8-10 months or something.

 

Can anyone give me an explanation for this? Is there a techquickie on it?

Games don't really support xFire at all, and if you aren't playing games it's better to run them outside of xFire.

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1 minute ago, LienusLateTips said:

Games don't really support xFire at all, and if you aren't playing games it's better to run them outside of xFire.

I will also be using them for rendering. The reviews I have seen show improvements in games that I play.

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Just now, KingTdiGGiTTy said:

I will also be using them for rendering. The reviews I have seen show improvements in games that I play.

Is it really worth the price over just buying one, or buying something more powerful like the GTX 1080, Vega 56 or R9 Fury X?

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I have looked into performance and cost. What I want to know is if it will even work.

According to my digging, no one has tried, and Lenovo doesn't officially support.

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2 minutes ago, KingTdiGGiTTy said:

I will also be using them for rendering. The reviews I have seen show improvements in games that I play.

What rendering software?

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

what program?

 

Have you seen prices of new 1070's? they have gotten very cheap recently.

 

3 minutes ago, KingTdiGGiTTy said:

I will be buying them months apart, i can't afford a 1080 or Vega

980tis are hitting under $300 as well on ebay

but what rendering software are you going to be using?

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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