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heroofspirits   06-10-2009 at 08:38:35 AM

hi there

at the moment i am using a hd4870 x2.

i have noticed while playing games i get a lot of micro stuttering. and yes i can see it.

i want to disable a gpu on the board so i can play with just one, only i dont know how to. i am doing this as 1, want to check on the micro stuttering if i only have one gpu and 2, see fps on one gpu.

will reanable latter so probs need to know how to re enable

am using x64 vista and 7 rc. ccc 9.5 (the newest one)

thanks!

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4745454b   06-10-2009 at 08:57:11 AM
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It should be possible to do this seeing as AMDs drivers disable a core for games that don't handle CF well. (GTA4) I don't think they allow you to do it for just any game however.

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heroofspirits   06-10-2009 at 09:11:10 AM
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oh ok then. also i will throw this in i tryed using device manager but once i disable one, the display goes to low res and wont start any 3d app

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   06-10-2009 at 10:16:18 AM
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Don't be too surprised if you can't do that, one of the downsides to Xfire/SLI on a stick cards is that if there is any kind of issue with one GPU then you are boned. That's why I dislike them .


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strangestranger   06-10-2009 at 01:06:43 PM
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Disable catalyst A.I.

That will disable crossfire.

I have a profile assigned to a hot key so i can switch between the two if needs be, most games don't need it though.

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