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Windows 7 - Crossfire Disabled: Need help! |
06-03-2010
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Crossfire Disabled: Need help!
I've been running with two ATI Radeon 4800s (bridge installed, software up to date) for the past 6 months... and crossfire has been "disabled" this whole time since I couldn't get it to work in the beginning.
Now I have time to do some research and toggling with my computer, so I'd like to try and solve this issue.
What are the steps I need to take to properly install Crossfire? I've seen ALL the online tutorials and they only list the hardware installation, but I'm pretty sure there's a software side to it as well - which I haven't yet found.
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Windows 7 Home Basic
CPU E8400 Core 2 Duo @ 3.00Ghz
Motherboard DFI Infinity P965-S
Memory 18432 RAM
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4800 x2 Crossfire Disabled
Sound Card Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 19" LCD
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024
Keyboard Razer Pro Type
Mouse Razer Lachesis
PSU Thermaltake 700W
Case Antec 900
Hard Drives 1.2TB Seagate
Internet Speed Road Runner DSL
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06-03-2010
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Windows 7 Profesional x86, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard |
Take a look at ATI Crossfire Tip.
Hopefully this will fill in any blanks in regard to drivers etc.
Oli | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Apple MacBook 5,1
OS Windows 7 Profesional x86, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz
Memory 4GB DDR3
Graphics Card Nvidia 9400m
Monitor(s) Displays 13.3" Internal + 22" DVI + 21.5" USB
Screen Resolution 1280x800 + 1920x1080 + 1920x1080
Keyboard Apple Late 2009 Wireless Keyboard (US)
Mouse Apple Magic Mouse
Case Aluminium Unibody
Hard Drives Internal SATA 2.5" 500GB (395GB Mac HFS+, 105GB Windows NTFS)
2.48TB RAID consisting of 5 disks (HFS+)
Internet Speed 6.33Mb/s up. 0.36Mb/s down.
Other Info Harman Kardon Soundsticks II Speakers
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06-03-2010
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hrm yea so i installed ccc, the driver, and the crossfire profile.. is crossfire supposed to start working automatically? there must be something amiss. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Windows 7 Home Basic
CPU E8400 Core 2 Duo @ 3.00Ghz
Motherboard DFI Infinity P965-S
Memory 18432 RAM
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4800 x2 Crossfire Disabled
Sound Card Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 19" LCD
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024
Keyboard Razer Pro Type
Mouse Razer Lachesis
PSU Thermaltake 700W
Case Antec 900
Hard Drives 1.2TB Seagate
Internet Speed Road Runner DSL
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06-03-2010
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Windows 7 Profesional x86, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard |
I believe after a restart it should start working.
It may be that you have to tick a box or 2 in ccc to get it to work, if you want to check rerun your WEI score and see what you get for graphics and gaming graphics compared to what you used to get. Windows Experience Index - Reset
Oli | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Apple MacBook 5,1
OS Windows 7 Profesional x86, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz
Memory 4GB DDR3
Graphics Card Nvidia 9400m
Monitor(s) Displays 13.3" Internal + 22" DVI + 21.5" USB
Screen Resolution 1280x800 + 1920x1080 + 1920x1080
Keyboard Apple Late 2009 Wireless Keyboard (US)
Mouse Apple Magic Mouse
Case Aluminium Unibody
Hard Drives Internal SATA 2.5" 500GB (395GB Mac HFS+, 105GB Windows NTFS)
2.48TB RAID consisting of 5 disks (HFS+)
Internet Speed 6.33Mb/s up. 0.36Mb/s down.
Other Info Harman Kardon Soundsticks II Speakers
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06-03-2010
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#5 | |
Win 7 64 bit professional |
open the Catalyst Control Center.
Click on Graphics.
In the menu that opens up, click on CrossfireX.
Check the box "Enable Crossfire".
Click on OK.
You're done. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Homemade
OS Win 7 64 bit professional
CPU 2600 K overclocked to 4800 MHz stable
Motherboard GA-Z68X-UD7-B3
Memory G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-17600CL9D-8GBXLD 8-9-8-25
Graphics Card 2 xEVGA SuperClocked 015-P3-1582-AR GeForce GTX 580
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 3007WFP
Screen Resolution 2560 x 1600
Mouse ratZ-7
PSU PSU CORSAIR| CMPSU-1200AX 1200W RT
Cooling Water cooling Heatkiller 3.0
Hard Drives RevoDrive 3 X2 space (240 GB)
Crucial C300 256 GB SSD
Intel 160gb SSD SA2M160G2GC
Other Info WEI-7.8
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06-03-2010
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see that's the problem, there is no crossfire option in the dropdown!!
though there's proof that both cards are contributing to performance. I can see the difference in Battlefield Bad Company 2 and other games. My Windows Score is also showing high numbers... but crossfire is still disabled. It's so retarded! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Windows 7 Home Basic
CPU E8400 Core 2 Duo @ 3.00Ghz
Motherboard DFI Infinity P965-S
Memory 18432 RAM
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4800 x2 Crossfire Disabled
Sound Card Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 19" LCD
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024
Keyboard Razer Pro Type
Mouse Razer Lachesis
PSU Thermaltake 700W
Case Antec 900
Hard Drives 1.2TB Seagate
Internet Speed Road Runner DSL
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06-03-2010
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my motherboard, the Infinity Dark P-965 used to not support crossfire, but now it does: ASUS P5B Deluxe: ATI CrossFire and Intel P965 Tango - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News
so there should be no problem.
In my BUS interface though, there's something weird. One card shows PCI-E x16 @ x16 while the other shows PCI-E x16 @ x1. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Windows 7 Home Basic
CPU E8400 Core 2 Duo @ 3.00Ghz
Motherboard DFI Infinity P965-S
Memory 18432 RAM
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4800 x2 Crossfire Disabled
Sound Card Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 19" LCD
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024
Keyboard Razer Pro Type
Mouse Razer Lachesis
PSU Thermaltake 700W
Case Antec 900
Hard Drives 1.2TB Seagate
Internet Speed Road Runner DSL
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06-03-2010
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I read that disabling Catalyst AI in the 3D setup will disable CrossFire. Never tried it myself to see if it in fact happens, but check your 3D settings and see if Catalyst AI is disabled.
Last edited by mpcrsc562; 06-03-2010 at 08:52 AM..
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Rig 1
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition @ 3.4GHz (AM2+)
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P (AM2+)
Memory Corsair CM2X4096-8500C5 (4 X 2GB)
Graphics Card XFX Radeon HD 5770 / Diamond Radeon HD 5770 CrossFireX
Sound Card Asus Xonar DS (PCI)
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 932bw+ (3)
Screen Resolution 4320x900
Keyboard Logitech Desktop Wave
Mouse Logitech LX8 Laser
PSU Corsair CMPSU-750TX
Case Cooler Master HAF 932
Cooling Corsair Hydro Series H50
Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 2 80 GB - Windows 7 System --
WD Caviar Black 1TB - Music, Movies, Vids, Pics --
WD Caviar Black 640GB - User Profiles & Games --
WD My Book 320GB external
Internet Speed 20 down / 2 up
Other Info LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray / HDDVD combo --
Hauppauge HVR-1250 --
Silverstone MFP-51 --
Logitech Webcam C600
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06-03-2010
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#9 | |
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im using HD4850 and never enable crossfireX  . does enabling it make any difference..?
maybe just some improvement in anti aliasing?  | | My System Specs | | OS window's 7
CPU core 2 quad
Motherboard gigabyte
Memory 2gb corsair
Graphics Card ati hd4850
Monitor(s) Displays lg
Screen Resolution 1600 X 900
Case power logic
Other Info none of the spec above is accurate
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06-03-2010
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#10 | |
Vista 64 Ultimate, Windows 7 64 Ultimate, Ubuntu 9.10 |
Quote: Originally Posted by kucing13  im using HD4850 and never enable crossfireX . does enabling it make any difference..?
maybe just some improvement in anti aliasing? You can only enable CrossFireX if you have 2, or more, cards bonded together with the CFX bond a single card cannot use CrossFire. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DELL XPS Studio 435T
OS Vista 64 Ultimate, Windows 7 64 Ultimate, Ubuntu 9.10
CPU i7 975 3.3 GHz Extreme (Factory OC'd to 3.6 GHz)
Motherboard DELL provided
Memory 18 Gb Tri-Channel 1066
Graphics Card ATI 5970 2048 Mb
Sound Card X-Fi Extreme Gamer
Monitor(s) Displays Vizio 37" HD-TV
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech Performance K350 Wireless
Mouse Logitech Performance MX Wireless
PSU DELL Provided 475 watts
Case DELL
Cooling 3 fans
Hard Drives 1.5 Tb HDD
1.5 Tb HDD
2.0 Tb Network Drive
512 Gb Crucial SSD
Internet Speed 3 Mb up 750 Kb down
Other Info Bamboo Fun Tablet, Belkin N+ Wireless router, Pioneer Dolby System Wireless Headphones, Bose 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound System, LifeCam VX 3000 Webcam, Blu-Ray/Hi Def DVD +RW combo and Blu-ray +RW,l 15 in 1 media card reader, Logitech Rumblepad 2, Hauppauge 2250 DTV Tuner with MS Media Center Remote
Laptop:Alienware M17x, Q9100 CPU, 8Gb RAM, 1920x1200 WUXGA LCD driven by 4870's in CrossFireX, Bl
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