Crossfire edition cards??

[curtains]

with the x1900gt and xtx and x1950pros and xtx when they say there crossfire editions does that mean you buy them with 2 cards or are they jst the cards that support crossfire

and if you buy 1 x1950 thats not crossfire edition for example can u buy another one to crossfire them together?

just correct me where im wron

cheers

 

[elitehacker]

I think you have to buy two crossfire edition cards because non crossfire cards don't have the connectors on the side.

 

[GIOORGOOS]

check this out

http://ati.amd.com/technology/crossfire/demos/en/index.html
this will solve all your problems.
cheers

 

[elitehacker]

So you can just get one cross fire edition master card and use a slave card in your configuration.

 

[Geoff]

I think you have to buy two crossfire edition cards because non crossfire cards don't have the connectors on the side.

No, you just need to buy one crossfire edition, and one standard.

 

[elitehacker]

I know that now, and I have corrected myself.

 

[GIOORGOOS]

There Are Three Ways To Crossfire. 1 -external Link, Using 1 Crosfire Edition Card And One Crossfire Ready. 2 Internal Link, Using Two Crosffire Ready Cards And Specific Motherboards 3. Software Link, Using Two Crossfire Ready Cards, But You Needs Specific Mother Board. The Compinations Are All Explained In The Link I Gave Above.
Cheers

 

[elitehacker]

Crossfire is really complicated, Sli is simpler.

 

[Geoff]

Crossfire is really complicated, Sli is simpler.

ATI actually released a new type of crossfire with some of the x1950 series, which lets you crossfire it just like you would with SLI, by connecting two bridges to each card.

 

[elitehacker]

Yeah those are the internal ones, but the external ones are still out there and its really confusing for consumers.