r9 290 Crossfire question

Steveymoo

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Hello,

I have just slapped a second r9 290 into my system, after installing a 1200w thermaltake PSU. In Catalyst control centre, I can see my second GPU as "disabled," but can't find any option to enable it, or switch on Crossfire.

Some details:
Old i5 760 with a Asus p7p55d Deluxe (the one with the PCI-E slots.)
1200w PSU
Catalyst 14.1 beta drivers.

I can use the second GPU to mine (not it's primary purpose,) but I have my screen plugged into the first one.

Is there something I'm missing? Is PCI-E 3.0 a requirement for bridgeless crossfire?

Thanks,
Steve.