Making Crossfire Work and Optimization

[CrackerJack]

lol. How do you set primary? I have the display hooked into the one on top.

the primary on that board is the bottom. the one closest to the pci slots. you can run it on top. well suppose too, mine would work one day then it wouldn't work the next.

 

[slyoteboy]

I just tried hooking the display up to both dvi ports on the bottom , nothing.

 

[slyoteboy]

pulled the top card out , it works on the bottom now

 

[CrackerJack]

pulled the top card out , it works on the bottom now

you have to change it in bios. change it to PEG1

when you take one out it's gonna auto set either lane.

 

[slyoteboy]

Ok , now it picked it up as a new vid card.

 

[CrackerJack]

Ok , now it picked it up as a new vid card.

ok, you still just have that one in? right

 

[slyoteboy]

Ok now showing two video cards , just powered down put bridges on , wish me luck

 

[CrackerJack]

Ok now showing two video cards , just powered down put bridges on , wish me luck

you'll find then, glad to help


remember to hit the thanks buttom, good luck

 

[cdawall]

Ok now showing two video cards , just powered down put bridges on , wish me luck

don't use 2 bridges it causes issues in xfire

 

[slyoteboy]

God damnit. Im not out of the storm yet. Ok so display plugged into bottom card , no bridge I can get into windows and see two video cards. I hook bridges up , bottom card wont display. have to go to top card display port , then i can get into windows , but it only shows one video card , and no crossfire option in CCC. Any more ideas?

 

[slyoteboy]

wait wait , so DO NOT use 2 bridge cables? And when I get into windows and crossfire is working will it : shows two vid cards or one in device manager , and 2. give me crossfire choice in CCC

 

[CrackerJack]

wait wait , so DO NOT use 2 bridge cables? And when I get into windows and crossfire is working will it : shows two vid cards or one in device manager , and 2. give me crossfire choice in CCC

i don't know about the bridges on the 2600 cards. did you change it in bios?

bios>advance features> init> PEG1

Then connect the DVI to the bottom card

 

[slyoteboy]

alright let me try that , and does the bridge go a certain way or is it universal

 

[slyoteboy]

Ok , PEG1 setting , bottom card , bridge installed , will not display anything. Same setting Top card , goes into windows but no Xfire , or other videocard in device manager.

 

[CrackerJack]

Ok , PEG1 setting , bottom card , bridge installed , will not display anything. Same setting Top card , goes into windows but no Xfire , or other videocard in device manager.

the DS4 sometime will take a few seconds or a even up to a min to show a post screen. so try the bottom one again witht second in, without bridges.

 

[slyoteboy]

Ok both cards in , no bridges , bottom one , PEG1 setting gets me into windows , viewing 2 video cards in device manager.

 

[CrackerJack]

Ok both cards in , no bridges , bottom one , PEG1 setting gets me into windows , viewing 2 video cards in device manager.

ok, open ccc, do you see the crossfire tab?

 

[slyoteboy]

yes i can see the xfire tab , but it says no bridge connect , but yea i can see it.

 

[CrackerJack]

yes i can see the xfire tab , but it says no bridge connect , but yea i can see it.

ok shutoff, connect the them and boot up

 

[slyoteboy]

ok , do the bridges go a certain way , one end is JA1 the other is JA2

 

[slyoteboy]

ok I booted it , been going about 2 minutes no display

 

[slyoteboy]

ati card , never again

 

[CrackerJack]

ati card , never again

something isn't right!

 

[slyoteboy]

any ideas? INIT settings? What about going in bridgeless , uninstalling vid card drivers and reinstalling just drivers?

 

[CrackerJack]

if you can do it with out the bridges, then go for it.