GaryR Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 If I enable crossfire the game won't even start, anything I can do/set? Sure would be nice to be able to use both cards, it isn't like this is bleeding edge technology... Vista 32 PremiumAMD FX-604GB Corsair2 - 512MB ATI XT1900 Crossfire2- 500GB HDAntec 850W True Poweretc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Sean Posted August 8, 2008 Administrators Share Posted August 8, 2008 It hasn't been tested. If it requires special changes to support it, then no, it will not work. This is the first time I can recall someone mentioning it... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryR Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 It hasn't been tested. If it requires special changes to support it, then no, it will not work. This is the first time I can recall someone mentioning it...I can work around it, but no one else playing SB2 PE has a Crossfire system?? How about an SLI card? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Sean Posted August 8, 2008 Administrators Share Posted August 8, 2008 I recall someone mentioning a nvidia SLI setup - they said it worked ok on it. I can't find the thread right now, though. The likely difference between the two is that nvidia does not require changes on the developers end to get it working, and ATI's does.Maybe someone has a crossfire setup working and will chime and and explain how to set it up.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formski Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I'm currently running ATI HD3870s in Crossfire and have had no problems running Steel Beasts Pro with Crossfire on (or off for that matter) Also I ran it in the past with X1900XTs in crossfire and had no troubles there either.I don't know if there was a benefit however as I haven't tried doing any benchmarking or testing of performance.AFAIK the 'Catalyst AI' setting in the ATI Catalyst Control Centre can have a large impact on peformance with Crossfire (and even create/solve crashes)Marco 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryR Posted August 9, 2008 Author Share Posted August 9, 2008 I'm currently running ATI HD3870s in Crossfire and have had no problems running Steel Beasts Pro with Crossfire on (or off for that matter) Also I ran it in the past with X1900XTs in crossfire and had no troubles there either.I don't know if there was a benefit however as I haven't tried doing any benchmarking or testing of performance.AFAIK the 'Catalyst AI' setting in the ATI Catalyst Control Centre can have a large impact on peformance with Crossfire (and even create/solve crashes)MarcoI did a little more work and it wasn't the ATI Crossfire that was causing the issue. I have been using ATI Tray Tools to adjust the Gamma in-game as my Viewsonic P225fb CRT was too dark in most FPS games even at it's brightest settings. If I set my ATI cards to run in Crossfire with the ATI Tray Tools driver running it did two things. One, most 3D programs would crash. Two, if I brought up CCC it would show the Crossfire tickbox empty. I would select it, close, and reopen it.. unticked. Obviously a conflict with Tray Tools and Crossfire. Killed TT and now all is well using the CAT 8.7 drivers. I would like more in-game brightness controls but I like the higher FSAA and Anistropic filtering I get using both cards and 1 GB of video memory... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Sean Posted August 20, 2008 Administrators Share Posted August 20, 2008 Does using crossfire boost performance at all? Any idea how much? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryR Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 Does using crossfire boost performance at all? Any idea how much?I'll run it both ways with the same settings and let you know Sean. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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