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Started by Abdullah Aqqad | | 3 answers
can i crossfire on one pcie x16 and one pci x8 using raiser cables
hi i have one r9 270
and wonder if i can get another and crossfire one (cuz i saw a relly cheap one and thinking of getting it)

so my motherboard is MSI h81m-p32 : http://www.msi.com/product/mb/H81MP32.html#hero-overvie...
it got one pciE x16 and one pciE x1 and 2xpci[non (E)] x8

so can i crossfire using pci x8 to pxi x16 raiser cable : http://www.ebay.com/itm/19cm-PCI-Express-PCI-E-x8-to-x1...

and if i can would i get some real bottle necking in transferring data or it will be not that big deal ?

and thanks :) 
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October 14, 2014 8:35:39 AM

you would need a pci-e 1x to 16x cable but this still would not work as it would severely cripple the card and would net you now performance gains.
October 14, 2014 8:29:37 AM

Motherboard doesn't support crossfire. No risers or adapters will fix that.

Best solution chosen by Abdullah Aqqad

October 14, 2014 8:25:34 AM

x1 will seriously bottleneck the system, and I'm not sure if it'd be recognized as CFX in first place, as MoBo doesn't support it. I'd advise against it.

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