Crossfire 7970 Compatibility

[OCGL16]

I have a quick question. Do you think that this Sapphire OC'd 7970, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102982, could fit in crossfire mode on the asus z77 sabertooth mobo in a haf x case? I'm not going to jump into this quite yet because of the $1000 price tag but would like to know for future reference. Thanks everyone .

 

[stickg1]

Yes, easily.

 

[stickg1]

I didn't know you could (SLi) HD Radeon....

Yeah I was going to say something about that but he put crossfire in his post so I didn't bring it up. But the only reason I looked at the post was I saw "SLI 7970 Compatibility" and I was thinking, "oh lord what type of lost soul do we have here.."

 

[OCGL16]

HAHA i just saw that and did a facepalm. I'm such a noob. . And i forgot to mention if they would fit in the two x8 slots and not one in x16 and one in x4.

 

[OCGL16]

There we go. Fixed

 

[OCGL16]

But if i use SB instead of IB i wont be able to take avantage of pcie 3.0, correct?

 

[ilysaml]

Whether you have SB or IB you won't feel any difference, in real world performance there's no difference between PCIE 3.0 and PCIE 2.0; look at the chart below

Difference between PCIE 3.0 and 2.0 is 0%

 

[OCGL16]

Then what does it exist for?

 

[OCGL16]

wow barely any difference between even 1.1 and 2

 

[monsta]

Both those cards will fit perfectly with a nice gap between them and perform perfectly well in 8x8 mode. I have the same Motherboard and absolutely love it.

 

[OCGL16]

Ok thanks guys.

 

[OCGL16]

Best answer selected by OCGL16.

 

[ilysaml]

thanks for that post..

Basic thing to make you remember me :lol:

 

[OCGL16]

Ya thanks from me too lol. I'll rember that