crossfire? 4850 in GA965P-DQ6

[180SX]

Hello,

I want to buy 2x Radeon 4850 and make my system a crossfire'

can you tell me if my motherboard support crossfire of this vga?

Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6
or GA965P-DS4

I have 2 systems. will it work in ether of those mobos.. if not what do I need?

thanks

 

[auscanzukus]

Yes for both boards. You'll need to use the bundled crossfire links to link the 2 cards in each pc. Do the psu's have 2 pci-e 6-pin connectors each?

 

[180SX]

power supply is okay.. I use big & quality psu from my first ever brought pc years ago.. I think psu is 1 of the most important thing 2nd to the motherboard..

so this vga card is cross fire ok? or do I need to buy 1 vga crossfire and a normal one?? is that what crossfire was? or 2 normal cards works fine

also thanks for your reply auscan...

 

[outlw6669]

You no longer have to worry about buying a specific CrossFire compatible GPU from ATI.
Any 4850 can CrossFire with any other 4850.

Yes, both of your motherboards will support CrossFire.
They are far from ideal, however.
They only support PCIe 1.1 16x/4x Cf and will have a negative impact on scaling.
Take a look at This review and consider purchasing a newer motherboard before purchasing 2 4850's.
Pay specific attention to the P35 results as it impliments Cf in the same way as your current Mb.

 

[topper743]

I saw your thread this morning and was bringing this link over for another thread about CF for 2 4850s. I think you'll find it interesting. Good luck with your rig.

http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3372&p=10

 

[auscanzukus]

The gpu box will have a Crossfire logo if it's compatible. Most of them are. For the HD4800 series, you can even mix HD4850 & HD4870.