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hi,
i corrently work with 1 VGA card & 2 screens- 27" 1920 & 17" 1280.

can i work with 2 or multi monitors with Crossfire?

thanks
Dor.

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no, not with crossfire active. I would have thought that that would have been mentioned in the FAQ.

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Yes you can with CrossfireX, HD2000 or later GPUs and Catalyst 8.3 or later drivers. But there are some warts on actual performance - especially in gaming.
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There currently working on that. So far, as soon as you boot 3D 2nd screen goes black, and even after going back to 2D, it stays black, but someones said theyre working on it

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Reply to jaydeejohn

yes, but are you running crossfire when you do it?

ok, so i'll wait for the 4870x2...
this saves a lot of money in MOBO too....

i need the dual monitor.

------------------------------ you don't want to know...
crysis DX10 1280x800 at 35-40FSP is the Target.

Dell 27" 1920x1200 is huge!
Reply to z_dori

Yes, you dont have to escape xfire, so to speak, but the dual screen seems to kick it out while gaming

Message edited by jaydeejohn on 07-06-2008 at 04:33:49 PM

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while gaming in dual monitors- i have everest on the sidebar- temps for all the components, clock- not to lose time.... & sometimes more- downloading stuff & seeing that it's ok etc...

after working with dual monitors, i can't go back... the secondary screen is very productive element...

------------------------------ you don't want to know...
crysis DX10 1280x800 at 35-40FSP is the Target.

Dell 27" 1920x1200 is huge!
Reply to z_dori

Thats what theyre working on. Maybe the Cat 8.7s hopefully, so you dont have to reboot, and itll stick

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