Crossfirex with saphire eyefinity 6

[melcor]

Hello,

I recently built a desktop computer back in January when the new sandy-bridge processors came out and the graphics card I chose was the SAPPHIRE 100290SR Radeon HD 5870 eyefinity 6

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102888&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4176827&SID=og6kpd8y7rm6

I chose this one specifically because it could do 6 monitors by itself. I currently have 6 monitors set up but after using this set up for a few months I have decided that I really could use 4 more. So, I was wondering is it hard to set up a crossfire with this graphics cards? That was the first desktop that I have ever built so I am not too knowledgeable in this area. The mobo I have is

ASUS P8P67 PRO LGA 1155 Intel P67

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131682&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4176827&SID=ewi87qy7i0sf

It seems like it might be a little tight in there also because the cpu cooler I have is

Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018&Tpk=Noctua%20D-14&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4176827&SID=8pgb5s4ysyk

So, basically I guess I was just wondering 1.) if it is hard to crossfire this particular graphics card 2.) should I be able to add another 4 monitors to the 6 I have already without too much trouble? 3.) These cards are pretty big and I am scared it wont fit properly...

I can get you all the other specs of the system if you need them too, but I figured these were the only important ones.

 

[purple stain]

I'm almost certain that when you are running eyefinity you have to have all monitors connected to 1 card.So that might not be possible to add 4 more monitors.

 

[melcor]

Well, it does say crossfirex support, so I thought that meant it could crossfire, but again I am not even close to an expert so if someone could verify that who knows what there talking about, it would be very much appreciated.

 

[purple stain]

You can crossfire that 5870 with another 5870 or 58xx series cards but you can only use 1 card for the display.

 

[melcor]

That is very interesting. Just curious then, what is the point of crossfiring them if you cant get more monitors?

p.s. thanks very much for your help by the way. Really appreciated.

 

[purple stain]

When you crossfire,depending on the card,you gain almost double the performance.It's like a dual core,you have 2 cards doing the same job instead of 1.

 

[purple stain]

Actually after doing some more research it looks like you can run other displays off of the second card but you have to disable crossfirex.So they work seperately but can still run different monitors from each card.You just have to figuire out how all that works in the OS.

 

[melcor]

I just got done reading a little about a program called softth that looks like it lets you run more than 6 monitors when you are gaming. However, I don't game on this rig at all and I really can't find any more information on how you would actually set this up (just saw a youtube video of something with 12 screens). In your research did you come across any guides to how you may pull this off? If you did, could you just link the post and I will try to study it before I shell out another couple hundred bucks. Thanks again.

 

[jockey]

Actually after doing some more research it looks like you can run other displays off of the second card but you have to disable crossfirex.So they work seperately but can still run different monitors from each card.You just have to figuire out how all that works in the OS.

CCC will allow you to set displays that are connected. It will have drop down menus for both graphics cards and connected display settings. Eyefinty should be allowable off of both cards also.

 

[melcor]

CCC will allow you to set displays that are connected. It will have drop down menus for both graphics cards and connected display settings. Eyefinty should be allowable off of both cards also.

Hm, after trying to google what ccc is, I am still not really sure. Thanks though for the input.

 

[jockey]

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