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Multi-monitor and Crossfire Question
Hi. I just purchased an ASUS EAH4670 video card (PCI-E 2.0, 1 gig of DDR3
memory with ATI Radeon HD 4670 chipset) for a new system I'm building (using an ASUS M4A79T Deluxe motherboard) and I'm wondering I can still get some use out of my current card which is an ATI Radeon X1600 (PCI-E 1.0 with 512 megs of memory). I would like to use both cards at the same time to expand my multi-monitor capabilities from 2 monitors to 3 or 4. Will it be possible to have both cards installed at the same time for multi-monitor? Is there anything special I need to do or is it just plug and play? My understanding is that both my current card and the new card are crossfire compatible. Can they be combined for crossfire? The ASUS M4A79T Deluxe has 4 PCI Express 2.0 x 16 slots with ATI CrossFireX support (@ dualx16, tripple x16/ x8, or quad x8 modes). I have absolutely no idea what any of that means but hopefully you guys do! I'm currently running Windows Vista 64-bit but will be upgrading to Windows 7 64-bit. Thanks in advance! |
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"Arthur Lipscomb" wrote in message
... Hi. I just purchased an ASUS EAH4670 video card (PCI-E 2.0, 1 gig of DDR3 memory with ATI Radeon HD 4670 chipset) for a new system I'm building (using an ASUS M4A79T Deluxe motherboard) and I'm wondering I can still get some use out of my current card which is an ATI Radeon X1600 (PCI-E 1.0 with 512 megs of memory). I would like to use both cards at the same time to expand my multi-monitor capabilities from 2 monitors to 3 or 4. Will it be possible to have both cards installed at the same time for multi-monitor? Is there anything special I need to do or is it just plug and play? Plug and play. The Catalyst installation program will automatically run twice to cover both cards. Note: the driver needs to support both cards, so Catalyst 9.3 is the latest driver you will be able to use. It may be worthwhile to download Catalyst 9.3 and put it on a CD or USB key before booting the system up for the first time. http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...?&lang=English My understanding is that both my current card and the new card are crossfire compatible. Can they be combined for crossfire? Nope. The GPUs need to be the same for Crossfire to work. 4670+4670 works. X1900XT+X1950XT works. 4670+1600 doesn't work. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." |
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I dont think you can use both the x1600 and 4670 with four monitors let
alone both of them in crossfire that just doesn't work. What you can do is if i'm not mistaken you'll get 2 dvi ports on the ati 4670 you need two monitors with dvi or you van use one with dvi and one with an dvi2vga adapter or if you only have 2 monitors with vga use 2 dvi2vga adapters to use 2 monitors. I have an ati 4890 with 2 dvi ports with only 1 monitor attached to it. If i would like to have a second monitor with dvi i can plug in a second monitor with dvi "First of One" schreef in bericht ... "Arthur Lipscomb" wrote in message ... Hi. I just purchased an ASUS EAH4670 video card (PCI-E 2.0, 1 gig of DDR3 memory with ATI Radeon HD 4670 chipset) for a new system I'm building (using an ASUS M4A79T Deluxe motherboard) and I'm wondering I can still get some use out of my current card which is an ATI Radeon X1600 (PCI-E 1.0 with 512 megs of memory). I would like to use both cards at the same time to expand my multi-monitor capabilities from 2 monitors to 3 or 4. Will it be possible to have both cards installed at the same time for multi-monitor? Is there anything special I need to do or is it just plug and play? Plug and play. The Catalyst installation program will automatically run twice to cover both cards. Note: the driver needs to support both cards, so Catalyst 9.3 is the latest driver you will be able to use. It may be worthwhile to download Catalyst 9.3 and put it on a CD or USB key before booting the system up for the first time. http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...?&lang=English My understanding is that both my current card and the new card are crossfire compatible. Can they be combined for crossfire? Nope. The GPUs need to be the same for Crossfire to work. 4670+4670 works. X1900XT+X1950XT works. 4670+1600 doesn't work. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." |
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"First of One" wrote in message ... "Arthur Lipscomb" wrote in message ... Hi. I just purchased an ASUS EAH4670 video card (PCI-E 2.0, 1 gig of DDR3 memory with ATI Radeon HD 4670 chipset) for a new system I'm building (using an ASUS M4A79T Deluxe motherboard) and I'm wondering I can still get some use out of my current card which is an ATI Radeon X1600 (PCI-E 1.0 with 512 megs of memory). I would like to use both cards at the same time to expand my multi-monitor capabilities from 2 monitors to 3 or 4. Will it be possible to have both cards installed at the same time for multi-monitor? Is there anything special I need to do or is it just plug and play? Plug and play. The Catalyst installation program will automatically run twice to cover both cards. Note: the driver needs to support both cards, so Catalyst 9.3 is the latest driver you will be able to use. It may be worthwhile to download Catalyst 9.3 and put it on a CD or USB key before booting the system up for the first time. http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...?&lang=English Thanks. I'm glad to know it will work. But I am concerned that my 4670 will be limited to outdated drivers. Especially when I move on to Windows 7. I just checked and AMD doesn't even have Windows 7 (beta) drivers for the X1600. Although the upgrade advisor doesn't indicate any issues with the X1600 so I'm assuming Windows 7 drivers for the X1600 won't be an issue. After everything is installed and working, If I update the drivers for the 4670 will the X1600 stop working? What if instead of installing Catalyst I just go plug and play with the default Windows drivers? |
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"Arthur Lipscomb" wrote in message
... Thanks. I'm glad to know it will work. But I am concerned that my 4670 will be limited to outdated drivers. Especially when I move on to Windows 7. I just checked and AMD doesn't even have Windows 7 (beta) drivers for the X1600. Although the upgrade advisor doesn't indicate any issues with the X1600 so I'm assuming Windows 7 drivers for the X1600 won't be an issue. The Catalyst 9.3 Vista 64 drivers function in Windows 7 as beta drivers. In fact, if you go through with downloading the files, the filenames say "9-3_vista64_win7_64...exe". After everything is installed and working, If I update the drivers for the 4670 will the X1600 stop working? If you install newer drivers for the 4670, the installer won't detect the X1600. Then your X1600 will fall back to the default Windows VGA drivers. You can try running your current system with the default VGA drivers and see if it can deliver the resolutions and refresh rates you need. More advanced features like the Aero interface may not work correctly. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." |
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