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I've recently acquired a faulty sapphire 4890, it seems to work fine apart from no picture:rolleyes: so it got me thinking will it work in crossfire if i use the other card as the output?
I'll know the answer soon enough when my other sapphire 4890 arrives but what do you guys think? and any advice on how to use crossfire as I'm new to it.
Anyone?
I doubt it, how does it work 'fine' apart from no picture, it's a graphics card??..
When i use it as a second card (hd4550 as main card) windows picks it up fine and at POST the diagnostic LED's function as normal according to this thread http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=72385Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob_B
that would be mega cool if it worked mate :D
do tell :P
Hehe, sounds an interesting test.
Keep us updated.
I should know tomorrow when my new 4890 arrives.
hm that would make all the more reason to buy a faulty second card which just displays no picture!
I've never been a fan of crossfire/sli but this might just change that.
Anyway like i said in op i'm new to crossfire any advice?
Depends on what the fault is, if someone has just managed to :censored: up the outputs, normally by putting sideways pressure on the cables when plugged in, then it sould work fine in crossfire. ;)
AFAIK Plug the two cards in, connect with the crossfire bridge and then just turn it on in the driver options.
At least that's all it took to get sli running
You then have the issue of trying to tailor the driver profile & settings for each game.
The main time I've hit serious issues has been on older games, eg I've been replaying Chrome (game not browser) took a while to get it running correctly at 1680x1050 but I just cannot get it to play nicely with sli
It didn't work, system wouldn't load windows but I'm not complaining as it gives me more headroom to overclock my new 4890:mrgreen: (psu limitations)
aw shame, i was really hoping it would work