Crossfire question Factory OC with Non OC

[kyleamos12]

Hello, I have a Gigabyte 6790 HD Factory OC'd graphics card and am wanting to buy another (cheap) non Factory OC and Xfire them together. Is it possible while maintaining the factory OC on the first one or do I need to under clock to match the specs of the second one I am buying? Both will have 1gb DDR5.

 

[mace200200]

I believe they revert back to stock clocks if they come factory OC'd or not. Then you can just OC them yourself though.

 

[kyleamos12]

So it wouldn't make a difference if they one was Factory OC and the other wasn't?

 

[kyleamos12]

Someone please help.

 

[bigshootr8]

It will not make a difference whether they are factory clocked or not you can level them out at stock settings if you desired with a tool like msi afterburner. If both have the same amount of ram, as well as the same chip you will be able to pair them together just for stability I would level them out at stock. Unless you feel comfortable overclocking the stock card to the factory overclocked point.

 

[bigshootr8]

Well that is true a different BIOS in a card can offset things.

Also its hard to judge things based on not knowing how much he is spending on the card he could be purchasing it used heaven forbid but he could be. I do agree though its not a good value for him to get a 6970.

 

[bigshootr8]

Ah fair enough yea I haven't been able to sleep you are right it is the 6790. If the lower end crossfire configurations of that generation were micro stutters on ice then yea I would see your point. It seems like it would be more worth his time just to get a single decent card within his budget or possibly slight above.

 

[kyleamos12]

my budget is like $70 so thatswhy i wanted to xfire but it wouldnt work efficiently ?

 

[kyleamos12]

tbh, its pretty decent now i just figured doubling would be okay?

 

[bigshootr8]

Well and that is why I suggested if you were to mix that you bring both cards to stock levels to avoid the problems but again you brought up a good point with the cards bios.