Msi 970 gaming crossfire effectively?

[The realogkush912]

I bought an Msi 970 gaming mobo with 2 r9 380 GPUS(same type).
Can this board crossfire effectively enough To get full performance out of it? Or do I need a better crossfire compatible board?
I am not getting 1 gpu.

 

[Gingerbread]

That's a great Crossfire motherboard, it will utilize it as good as any. You don't need to change it. It has 2 x16 PCI-E slots which is more than enough.

 

[The realogkush912]

That's a great Crossfire motherboard, it will utilize it as good as any. You don't need to change it. It has 2 x16 PCI-E slots which is more than enough.

Okay I was just wondering because my crossfire isn't improving my performance in games at all

 

[Gingerbread]

Depends on the games. Not every game can utilize crossfire. Try with proven titles, which are known to perform better in crossfire. Also I know it's stupid but are you certain your PC is using both cards, check if both cards are active and give info on their PCI-E configuration (are they running as x4 or x8 or x16 and are they running in PCI-E 3.0 and etc, not that it should matter, but still).

 

[The realogkush912]

Depends on the games. Not every game can utilize crossfire. Try with proven titles, which are known to perform better in crossfire. Also I know it's stupid but are you certain your PC is using both cards, check if both cards are active and give info on their PCI-E configuration (are they running as x4 or x8 or x16 and are they running in PCI-E 3.0 and etc, not that it should matter, but still).

How do I check their pcie config?
I know both work because they are picking up, and I'll go into a game and the logo will be on the top right. Checked crossfire, enabled it for the games I play on steam, everything checks out.
Msi afterburner just shows the one card doing everything and the other acts like it's not doing anything. No fluctuating temps or gpu usage percent

 

[maxalge]

Depends on the games. Not every game can utilize crossfire. Try with proven titles, which are known to perform better in crossfire. Also I know it's stupid but are you certain your PC is using both cards, check if both cards are active and give info on their PCI-E configuration (are they running as x4 or x8 or x16 and are they running in PCI-E 3.0 and etc, not that it should matter, but still).

How do I check their pcie config?
I know both work because they are picking up, and I'll go into a game and the logo will be on the top right. Checked crossfire, enabled it for the games I play on steam, everything checks out.
Msi afterburner just shows the one card doing everything and the other acts like it's not doing anything. No fluctuating temps or gpu usage percent

are you gaming in full screen?


CF does not work in windowed modes


to make sure your gpu's are running correctly open a benchmark program like



valley, heaven, or 3dmark

they are free, post back with your scores



if the gpu's are getting the scores they should in benchmarks, and the game supports CF


then the possibility is your cpu is insufficient to utilize them properly in actual games if you are not gaining fps

 

[The realogkush912]

Depends on the games. Not every game can utilize crossfire. Try with proven titles, which are known to perform better in crossfire. Also I know it's stupid but are you certain your PC is using both cards, check if both cards are active and give info on their PCI-E configuration (are they running as x4 or x8 or x16 and are they running in PCI-E 3.0 and etc, not that it should matter, but still).

How do I check their pcie config?
I know both work because they are picking up, and I'll go into a game and the logo will be on the top right. Checked crossfire, enabled it for the games I play on steam, everything checks out.
Msi afterburner just shows the one card doing everything and the other acts like it's not doing anything. No fluctuating temps or gpu usage percent

are you gaming in full screen?


CF does not work in windowed modes

Yes I am gaming in full screen.
Yeah the little "crossfireX" goes away when I switch to windowed

 

[sas-chiel-x]

That's a great Crossfire motherboard, it will utilize it as good as any. You don't need to change it. It has 2 x16 PCI-E slots which is more than enough.

Okay I was just wondering because my crossfire isn't improving my performance in games at all

did you enable crossfire in catalyst control center?

 

[The realogkush912]

That's a great Crossfire motherboard, it will utilize it as good as any. You don't need to change it. It has 2 x16 PCI-E slots which is more than enough.

Okay I was just wondering because my crossfire isn't improving my performance in games at all

did you enable crossfire in catalyst control center?

Yes I did