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soldier37   04-11-2009 at 07:24:37 PM

Do you have to use the same brand of card to make Crossfire work? I currently have a HIS branded 1 GB 4870 card and wondered if I could use a different branded card such as Sapphire with different cooling and it still work. As long as its a the same memory size and type will it work? Thanks for your input. Also I just upgraded my mouse to a Razer Lachesis phantom white mouse at 4000 dpi and love it. Had a 1st gen Razer copperhead from 2005. I recommend it!

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Bronze Graphics badge Bluescreendeath   04-11-2009 at 07:34:11 PM
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As long as it's 4870 then it'll work.

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Bronze Graphics badge coozie7   04-11-2009 at 07:56:04 PM
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Yes it`ll work but do n`t use a 512 Mb card, you`ll lose half the memory of the 1Gb card if you do.

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annisman   04-11-2009 at 09:17:35 PM
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That's a very clean looking desktop setups you have there!

I have the Razer, the same mouse pad, and the G15 keyboard. Is that a mac keyboard ? I can't tell what it is.

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mactronix   04-11-2009 at 09:40:28 PM
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coozie7 wrote :

Yes it`ll work but do n`t use a 512 Mb card, you`ll lose half the memory of the 1Gb card if you do.




+1^
As long as its the same chip a 4870 then it will be fine. You do need a 1Gb card really though.

Mactronix

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The_Blood_Raven   04-12-2009 at 12:48:05 AM
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What keyboard is that? I love it!

 

Edit: Oh and yes you will be fine.


Message edited by The_Blood_Raven on 04-12-2009 at 12:48:21 AM
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soldier37   04-12-2009 at 04:12:43 AM
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Its a slim aluminum apple keyboard, $50 at Best Buy or Apple store. Ive had it for about 6 months and love it! I wanted to do all white so it worked out.


Message edited by soldier37 on 04-12-2009 at 04:14:40 AM
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The_Blood_Raven   04-12-2009 at 04:43:24 AM
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I never would have thought of using an Apple keyboard for a PC.

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