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Im sorry if somthing like this has been posted before.

I have a Sapphire X1900XT in my desktop and i seen an Asus X1900XT in a store and i was wondering can they run in crossfire? Or do they have to be the exact?(ie. Sapphire and Sapphire)

Any help on this would be apprecited.

thanks alot

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FAQ is your friend: :)
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] sfire-faqs

What about brands ?
Well the brand doesnt matter , again for example , you can use a XFX card with a EVGA card , or a SAPPHIRE card with a DIAMOND card , just make sure they have the same memory and same clocks.

What will happend if 2 cards have the same amount of memory but one has higher clocks than the other?
One of the best ways to learn is to make examples.
You have a 8800GT(Normal edition,no OverClocks) and you want to add another 8800GT(Which is OverClocked),then:

1_The OverClocked one will lower its clocks to reach the Non-OverClocked card.

2_You can OverClock your card(The one that has Stock frequencies) and reach the OverClocked card.
Remember, you cant ALWAYS OverClock the normal card to reach the other card,because it may not OverClock that much and may become unstable.

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Im not sure but something is niggling me about one of the cards having to be a master card, Crossfire edition cards I think they were. I think they had a compiler in them or some such.
Maziar will most likely know so wait a bit for him to get back to us. it could be that the Crossfire platform has moved on and its no longer needed.

Mactronix

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Thanks mactronix :) yeah i didnt see he was talking about X1900,well i have that in the FAQ too :
Warning: AMD/ATI X1800/X1900/X1950 cards need a CrossFire-Edition of them to run in CrossFire mode.But for HD Family its different, they don't need CrossFire-Edition, they just cant work with each other for example a
HD 2600 works with another HD 2600 just fine.
Also please read the note about CrossFireX at the first parts of this guide.

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No worries Maziar. I couldnt be sure if it was a requirement of the cards or that generation of crossfire that needed the crossfire edition cards to work properly.
Thanks for clearing that up for us
Mactronix :)

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No problem mate :)
and thanks for u for mentioning that it was a X1900 card :)

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