Motherboard and Crossfire

by codefusion Sep 25, 2010 4:53PM PDT

I recently purchased a motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA-880GM-UD2H AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

and video card:
SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

I found out my motherboard doesn't support crossfire so I was wondering if the video card will still work without it. I'm not exactly sure what crossfire is so can someone explain it to me? thanks.

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You're safe....Crossfire is the name for using

by VAPCMD Sep 26, 2010 12:30AM PDT

two ATI based video cards at the same time. Said another way... it's similar to Sli for nVidia grpahic cards.

VAPCMD

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so in other words

by codefusion Sep 26, 2010 2:05AM PDT

So I can basically install the motherboard and the card just perfectly fine? What exactly do I do with the crossfire bride? Do I have to purchase another video card if I don't intend to use crossfire?

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Re: "So I can basically install the motherboard and the card

by VAPCMD Sep 26, 2010 5:37AM PDT

just perfectly fine? As previously indicated.... you're safe, just install the card. Yes.

Re the bridge ....save it in case you expand to crossfire assuming your MB supports it.

Enjoy the new rig.

VAPCMD

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thanks

by codefusion Sep 26, 2010 12:54PM PDT

thanks a lot for the help. also thank you for the case thread I posted recently.

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(NT) You're welcome. Let us know how it works.

by VAPCMD Sep 26, 2010 1:32PM PDT

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