Hybrid Crossfire

[ryu_joko]

can hybrid CF run on XP?

and what if the combination are : integrated + 3870 ? will it run ?

thanks

[skoreanime]

Errr, I didn't even know you can Xfire integrated and an actual GPU.... Their integrated Xfire just means you can have 2 different ATI cards run in Xfire.

[runawayprisoner]

Actually, you can do integrated x actual GPU now... with AMD's freak: 780G. But alas, it still doesn't save the fact that AMD CPUs are greatly outperformed.

And to answer the OP: yes, it works in XP.

[skoreanime]

What does the CPU have to do with this topic ?

But anyways, integrated + actual GPU ? Won't that hinder the performance?

[runawayprisoner]

Just telling you AMD's ploy. They plan to dominate the low-end graphics market with that hybrid CF ploy.

And... it doesn't hinder performance. At least I can praise them for making hybrid CF possible without any major performance impact. In fact, it gives quite a performance boost.

[StriderVM]

ryu_joko :

Nope. Hybrid Crossfire with currently NOT work with 3850's or 3870's. Only the 3450 and 3650 I think.

.... And Hybrid Crossfire only work with the 780G motherboards.

[John Aiton]

Originally Posted by StriderVM

ryu_joko :

Nope. Hybrid Crossfire with currently NOT work with 3850's or 3870's. Only the 3450 and 3650 I think.

.... And Hybrid Crossfire only work with the 780G motherboards.

it's called crossfire x and all 3 series cards are CF-X compatible
it works on p35 motherboards too and 3870+3850 has been benchmarked already

it's also possible to have a 3870x2 with a 3870 and 3850

[ryu_joko]

Originally Posted by John Aiton

it's called crossfire x and all 3 series cards are CF-X compatible
it works on p35 motherboards too and 3870+3850 has been benchmarked already

it's also possible to have a 3870x2 with a 3870 and 3850

what does the bold line means? is there any site that has already review those 2 different card ?

[John Aiton]

Originally Posted by ryu_joko

what does the bold line means? is there any site that has already review those 2 different card ?

benchmarks are comparison numbers in games between cards that are used in reviews

so yes, there are 3870+3850 reviews

p35 is a chipset on motherboards

[StriderVM]

Actually, Hybrid Crossfire and Crossfire X are different things. (LOL at confusing names.)

Like you said, Crossfire X allows you to crossfire different video cards on the same hundred model numbers. (Like 3850 and 3870 like you said.)

However, you cannot Crossfire for example a Radeon 3650 and 3870. Because their hundred model numbers are different.

And so, Crossfiring :P different models on differing hundred model is called Hybrid Crossfire.

[runawayprisoner]

All correct so far, StriderVM. I'd just like to add that Hybrid SLI is also coming... although nVidia has released jack about SLI X. I doubt they ever want to do that at all.

[ryu_joko]

Originally Posted by StriderVM

Actually, Hybrid Crossfire and Crossfire X are different things. (LOL at confusing names.)

Like you said, Crossfire X allows you to crossfire different video cards on the same hundred model numbers. (Like 3850 and 3870 like you said.)

However, you cannot Crossfire for example a Radeon 3650 and 3870. Because their hundred model numbers are different.

And so, Crossfiring :P different models on differing hundred model is called Hybrid Crossfire.

is there any review about differing hundred model? for example 3450 + 3870 ?

[John Aiton]

...I just got owned

savour it, it's a rare event ^^