You Can Pair an R9 300 Series GPU with an R9 200 in CrossFire

Caring1 · Jul 14, 2015

KainXS said:
the 370 is a rebrand of the 265

and I think you do still need a crossfire bridge, the 370's still have the connectors for it, and you probably could crossfire with a 270 since its a pitcairn but I'm guessing sp's would get disabled on the 270 unless its one of those 1024sp 270's that came out later.

My 270X has the crossfire connector, but I can still Xfire (no bridge) with another 270X, dependent on OS and Motherboard support.

Caring1 · Jul 14, 2015

Mussels said:
i've got a really bad gigabyte one, from a known bad series. third RMA in two months - the thread title here got me hopeful i could ask for a 3x0 card to pair it with and avoid the issues.

Hopefully they will tire of attempting to fix it before you do, and just replace the damn thing with a new card.

Mussels · Jul 14, 2015

Caring1 said:
Hopefully they will tire of attempting to fix it before you do, and just replace the damn thing with a new card.

hence my comments in this thread, because if i get a different card i lose crossfire.

Primalz · Jul 14, 2015

Well this is great news, may have to get that shiny new asus 390x to have some fun with my 290x dcu2.

KainXS · Jul 14, 2015

Caring1 said:
My 270X has the crossfire connector, but I can still Xfire (no bridge) with another 270X, dependent on OS and Motherboard support.

yea I think your right about the bridge but it gets me wondering, what would happen if you tried to cf a 370 with a 7850.

RealNeil · Jul 14, 2015

Mussels said:
hence my comments in this thread, because if i get a different card i lose crossfire.

Are you in the states?

I may be selling or trading off one of my 280X OC cards in the next month or so. If they send you a card that will not cross with your other ones, maybe we can swap and I'll just use it in my HTCP box. I have an HIS Ice-Q X2 that is in there now.

Mussels · Jul 15, 2015

RealNeil said:
Are you in the states?

I may be selling or trading off one of my 280X OC cards in the next month or so. If they send you a card that will not cross with your other ones, maybe we can swap and I'll just use it in my HTCP box. I have an HIS Ice-Q X2 that is in there now.

aus, not the states sadly.

RealNeil · Jul 15, 2015

Probably cost more to ship it than what it's worth.

TPout · Jul 15, 2015

Well, by this it seems that it works without any problems

RealNeil · Jul 15, 2015

285s are OK to do it with. 280s are not.

hard_trancer303 · Aug 8, 2015

Can I pair Hd 7790 with R7 360 in Crossfire ?

I know that HD 7790 + R7 260X in crossfire is possible, but my Asus HD 7790 is only 1 Gb, will it run with R7 260X 2 Gb ?

chakra85 · Dec 26, 2015

OK so since this update is fairly recent, it goes against what pretty much 99% of the forums are saying out there about pairing different AMD cards. I currently have a R9 270x. I want to get a new card and am looking at R9 380.

Can I crossfire them, and will the 380 be downgraded to operate at 270x level?

Mussels · Dec 27, 2015

chakra85 said:
OK so since this update is fairly recent, it goes against what pretty much 99% of the forums are saying out there about pairing different AMD cards. I currently have a R9 270x. I want to get a new card and am looking at R9 380.

Can I crossfire them, and will the 380 be downgraded to operate at 270x level?

they need to have the same GPU core, so it only works if they re-branded the GPU into a new model.

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You Can Pair an R9 300 Series GPU with an R9 200 in CrossFire

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