Crossfire with different brands?

[seumas_beathan]

Hey guys, I currently have a Sapphire HD 5770, I saw on ebay that you can get another 5770 for about £60, But i cant find another Saphire one, so im just wondering if it would be ok to crossfire a Sapphire one with a HIS one.

Thanks in advance.

 

[goombaxiv]

No problem I did the same thing with 2 9800 gtx. I just set them at the same clock using msi afterburner.

 

[vyreon]

Hi,

As far as I know, it's perfectly okay to combine 2 different brands. Allthough it's still recommended to use the same brand, but I've never read about anyone having trouble with it. Eventhough it's a different brand, the gpu etc are still the same.

Hope this helped.

 

[cylemmulo]

Yes infact you can do so! Generally it is recommended to try and get the same brand which makes sense. However 2 different brands should never give you any trouble when using the same model. Sometimes even slightly different models can be used in crossfire, its a pretty well designed and adaptable system.

 

[vyreon]

Cylemmulo, you can indeed sometimes combine 2 different cards. For example, you can combine a hd 6950 with a hd 6970. But both cards will be scaled to the settings of the weakest card.

 

[seumas_beathan]

Ok guys, Thanks for the fast replys

 

[rndmavis]

Like mentioned 100's of other times on this forum, it works. The faster card will clock down to the slower ones speed if they are different speeds.