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[joh06937]

Is it possible to 'Tri-Fire' via a 5870 with 1 5970?

Edit: I'm reading that you can X-fire any 2 ATI cards but that the cards will automatically be set to the clock speed that is the slower of the 2 cards. Does that sound right?

yeah but you can overclock a 5970 to the 5870s specs easily. you can tri-fire them.

 

[BillOhio]

... you can tri-fire them.

And it's Badass?

 

[computeruler]

They probably wouldn't scale too well

 

[joh06937]

And it's Badass?

i am sure it is... not too many games that would require that much power with standard resolution though.

They probably wouldn't scale too well

why?

 

[computeruler]

Unless they improved drivers, anything over 3 just helps with the minimum fps and only a small average and max fps gain. Maybe things changed?

 

[joh06937]

Unless they improved drivers, anything over 3 just helps with the minimum fps and only a small average and max fps gain. Maybe things changed?

i actually don't know. haven't checked crossfire benches with the newer/newest drivers in a while...

 

[computeruler]

I just looked at a couple for the 5870 and it does seem to scale a lot better now.

 

[BillOhio]

I just looked at a couple for the 5870 and it does seem to scale a lot better now.

Yeah, 5870 CFX seems like plenty.

 

[Russ88765]

Phenom II x6 is pointless for a gaming rig. No games utilize hex core fully yet, and when they do Thuban will be outdated.

If it has to be a six core, i'd get the cheaper version. AMD's are hella good for gaming from what i've seen.

 

[computeruler]

Ya the cheaper 6 core can overclock to at least 4ghz. Probably more.

 

[Aastii]

If it has to be a six core, i'd get the cheaper version. AMD's are hella good for gaming from what i've seen.

I'm not saying AMDs aren't good for gaming, I know that they are, what I'm saying is you will see no performance increase with a hex core over a quad core in near enough every game, because they aren't coded for 6 + cores, heck most only utilize 3 at the moment. It would be better to save money and go for a 955

@computeruler, unless you get unlucky and get a bad chip, just about any CPU will hit 4GHz and beyond on air