[SAFX]

I am thinking about picking up another Sapphire HD 5770 and crossfiring it on Windows 7 64bit; has anyone performed this set up?

 

[mdmsupra]

Looks like a good board.

 

[ChrisB17]

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Originally Posted by mdmsupra Looks like a good board.

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[SAFX]

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Originally Posted by mdmsupra Looks like a good board.

What..the EX58-UD5? I just got it running last night. So far so good, and yeah, it's a very nice board.

What do you think about 5770 in CF?

 

[Lukeatluke]

Should be great, it's up to you and your wallet

And if you decide to go CF, you must oc your cpu, you should do it right now, even with 1 card "only".

 

[SAFX]

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Originally Posted by Lukeatluke Should be great, it's up to you and your wallet

My wallet never has much to say...I just keep in folded up in my back pocket ready to use,

I think I will go for it. Since the 5870's are so difficult to get right now, and this new power supply should handle it with ease

 

[Diabolical999]

OP, are you thinking there'd be an issue or something ?

 

[SAFX]

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Originally Posted by Lukeatluke Should be great, it's up to you and your wallet And if you decide to go CF, you must oc your cpu, you should do it right now, even with 1 card "only".

I really suck at it, seriously..but I'd like to get to 3.0-3.5 at least, I'm not looking to grow wings on my rig and have it fly out of my house, 3.5 will be just fine.

Why must it be OC'ed with CF? So that the CPU can keep up with the GPU's?

 

[SAFX]

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Originally Posted by Diabolical999 OP, are you thinking their'd be an issue or something ?

Yeah, with Windows 7 being so new and this is the first time I am using 64bit and crossfire, so there are a lot of variables going in to this.

 

[dixson01974]

HD5770 CF is = or better then HD5850 in some cases. HD5770 CF will run perfectly on wnidows 7 x64. I do not believe you need to oc your cpu for the HD5770 CF.

 

[Shanahan]

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Originally Posted by dixson01974 HD5770 CF is = or better then HD5850 in some cases. HD5770 CF will run perfectly on wnidows 7 x64.

Proof? Because I believe this is a false statement.

 

[Diabolical999]

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Originally Posted by SAFX Yeah, with Windows 7 being so new and this is the first time I am using 64bit and crossfire, so there are a lot of variables going in to this.

There's a few 5770 CF benchmarks on the net, and the test setups used Windows 7 x64. No issues, and scaled pretty well. One such review:

http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=862&p=0

 

[SAFX]

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Originally Posted by Shanahan Proof? Because I believe this is a false statement.

Here's another benchmark that backs up dixson's claim:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon...review-test/22

 

[dixson01974]

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Originally Posted by Shanahan Proof? Because I believe this is a false statement.

Here it is.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon...review-test/15

 

[SAFX]

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Originally Posted by dixson01974 Here it is. http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon...review-test/15

I see that you have the 5770 in CF on Windows 7 64; how do you like the set up? Any driver, OS, or extended desktop issues?

Thanks

 

[dixson01974]

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Originally Posted by SAFX I see that you have the 5770 in CF on Windows 7 64; how do you like the set up? Any driver, OS, or extended desktop issues? Thanks

Windows 7 x64 and HD5770 CF is working perfectly fine. Better than I thought it will.

 

[SAFX]

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Originally Posted by dixson01974 Windows 7 x64 and HD5770 CF is working perfectly fine. Better than I thought it will.

Thank you..you just made my Thanksgiving

 

[The Master Chief]

Yea its pretty much the greatest thing...

Im getting a third for christmas!

 

[dixson01974]

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Originally Posted by SAFX Thank you..you just made my Thanksgiving

You are welcome.

 

[elson]

Wow.
200% scaling on [email protected] on 1680x1050
209% scaling on 1920x1200?

Either way this is the best bang for buck setup