Hello all,
I am running 2 5770s in crossfire and I have been having numerous problems with the stability of my system and I am getting quite tired of it. I have read somewhere that running crossfire comes with boatloads of problems. Unfortunately I had already built my system by the time I found this out. The setup is fast and fun, but I can't play games for more than 20 minutes and have a crash or a lockup and even have crashes when surfing the net. I have tried all the remedies, and nothing seems to work. I am considering giving up on crossfire and going to a single card. Not leaning towards AMD or nVidia at the moment. I really need to know is it even logical to upgrade to a single card on the market <$400 to achieve stability and quite a few more FPS in some games? I have been eyeing the 6970 and gtx 570. I have run 3dmark11 and it seems in some cases my setup is close to performance with these cards. and also my scores are better than a 5870 with the same processor. I really don't need the upgrade, but I am just tired of the headache and want to off these cards and get a single good comparable or better card. or should I suffer and wait it out? Thanks for any input and opinions you can offer. Here is some info on my system.
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/211181 Entry 3dmark11 Score
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/211121 performance 3dmark11 Score
The system info is not listed due to the program not wanting to finish if scan system is checked, system specs as follows(maybe this will help with some opinions as well)
i7-920 D0 OCed to 4.0gHz
Asus P6T
6 Gb Ram
2x xfx hd5770s not overclocked(can't seem to overclock in crossfire)
Power supply(not sure if this info is needed, but) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
Thanks, Murph
I am running 2 5770s in crossfire and I have been having numerous problems with the stability of my system and I am getting quite tired of it. I have read somewhere that running crossfire comes with boatloads of problems. Unfortunately I had already built my system by the time I found this out. The setup is fast and fun, but I can't play games for more than 20 minutes and have a crash or a lockup and even have crashes when surfing the net. I have tried all the remedies, and nothing seems to work. I am considering giving up on crossfire and going to a single card. Not leaning towards AMD or nVidia at the moment. I really need to know is it even logical to upgrade to a single card on the market <$400 to achieve stability and quite a few more FPS in some games? I have been eyeing the 6970 and gtx 570. I have run 3dmark11 and it seems in some cases my setup is close to performance with these cards. and also my scores are better than a 5870 with the same processor. I really don't need the upgrade, but I am just tired of the headache and want to off these cards and get a single good comparable or better card. or should I suffer and wait it out? Thanks for any input and opinions you can offer. Here is some info on my system.
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/211181 Entry 3dmark11 Score
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/211121 performance 3dmark11 Score
The system info is not listed due to the program not wanting to finish if scan system is checked, system specs as follows(maybe this will help with some opinions as well)
i7-920 D0 OCed to 4.0gHz
Asus P6T
6 Gb Ram
2x xfx hd5770s not overclocked(can't seem to overclock in crossfire)
Power supply(not sure if this info is needed, but) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
Thanks, Murph