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3870 and 3870x2 compatible?

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dhervieux

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Heya

I currently have a Diamond 3870 card.
I will be purchasing a 3870x2 when they come out.

Does anyone know if these 2 cards can be put together in crossfire?
I have another system that i can throw the single 3870 into, so not a big loss, but it would be nice to have 3 gpu's working instead of just 2.

My current MB is a DFI INF. CFX3200-M2/G
ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200 and ATI SB600
2 PCI Express x16 slots
CrossFire mode: Each x16 slot operates at x16 bandwidth.

Thanks!
 
I don't think anyones going to know at this point. Probably, but it's all going to come down to the drivers.
 
Since the x2 is seen as one card I think a single 3850/70 would slow-down the x2. Not worth it but if Ati lets the user set how the work is to be divided between the graphics card i.e From catalyst we should tell it to give 2/3 of the work to the x2 and 1/3 to the single. So it all come down to driver. Remember
"Behind every successful hardware theres a successful driver":D
 
With current CrossFire, probably not. If they have some kind of Hybrid CrossFire drivers avilable in the near future, possibly. It's better to have two of the same cards though, because (as xfire said) the faster card will usually slow down to the slower card.
 
Nope. You'll need the 'magical' hybrid-CF drivers and here we are waiting for the very basic Crossfire X drivers. As far as compatibility goes, the HD3870 X2 has only one gold-finger as opposed to two by the HD3870 cards. You have to wait till the drivers ripen a bit.
 
i hope they do support 3 gpus, i mean there releasing 3core cpus this year so why not gpus
 
Slightly different situation. However, they may have the drivers so that the X3870 X2 can do its own CrossFire, and the X3870 by itself can do physics. That is, if the games will support it.
 
no, Crossfire requires same card similar to SLi
 
I thought the new CF being released was suppose to allow cards of different specs to be bridged (I expect only newer cards and no backwards compatability). I think there is a high probability that you will be able to. Maybe not yet, but some time soon.

JAmes.
 
I believe for the most part that deals with an integrated graphics solution. Say you do web surfing with the cheapo onboard graphics. Then you crank up a game, and the X3870 kicks in and takes over. That sort of thing...
 
seems ATI has revised there requirements since i last checked
 
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