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    Question Crossfire Compatibility and Multiple Displays

    Hello, From what I have researched and read about the Maximus III Formula, it is unclear whether the mobo supports a non-crossfire/sli multi-GPU setup. It would explain as to why even with all components using up the PCI-E bandwidth unplugged that two GPUs still do not work on my mobo. I have...
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    Question Crossfire Compatibility and Multiple Displays

    Hey Karadjgne, So I received a reply from AMD about my Crossfire setup and even though the cards (and my motherboard) do say they support crossfire (as of 2009/2010 lol), according to AMD, Crossfire is not supported with the 5770. Even though their own compatibility chart does have my card on...
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    Question Crossfire Compatibility and Multiple Displays

    Hey Karadjgine! That's what I thought before. I thought this was going to be an easy configuration. At this point, I have a dedicated PCI-E 2.0 1x port with a sound card connected to it (it came with the board). I also have a standard PCI slot in use with a USB expansion card. Nothing is...
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    Question Crossfire Compatibility and Multiple Displays

    So after figuring out that crossfire will probably only work with GPUs with the same VBIOS, I think my best bet here is to find another identical Sapphire Vapor-X AMD Radeon HD 5770 card. I found a way to successfully update and downgrade VBIOS. So I will make sure I match them and then...
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    Question Crossfire Compatibility and Multiple Displays

    Hello! I have a Kingwin 1000 watt PSU, I cannot determine the exact model at this time. I have updated windows to the latest version (20H2). The BIOS version of my motherboard is v02.61. This motherboard is great! I love it! It has lasted me over 10 years without barely any issue. Only one...
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    Question Crossfire Compatibility and Multiple Displays

    Hello, I am running out of ideas trying to figure out the issue with my PC not being able to run two graphics cards at the same time. Here is my setup: Motherboard: ASUS Maximus III Formula (Intel p55 board) (Supports dual PCI-E 2.0 graphics at 8x and 8x)(also supports Crossfire) GPUs: 2x...