What is the spare crossfire chip?

[susanH]

I recently had my new pc built, and in the box with all the other cd's etc theres a smallish crossfire chip, I have no idea what it is for!!

On the top side it just says Cross Fire, underside is copper color with plugs at either end, abit larger than a usb size, and in the middle it says Wieson 94V-0, 0840, G9016-01, CT-1, E309144, 109 A91830-00B
And at the end of it is says J2A also,

My Pc guy is on a holiday so i cant ring him, Im worried hes left some part off it that should be on it?
Overall size is about as big as a standard usb storage device if that helps.

Typical girl question I know 🙂

 

[4745454b]

Any chance it looks like this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814998002&cm_re=cross_fire-_-14-998-002-_-Product

If it does, what video card(s) do you have?

 

[susanH]

OMG yes it does look exactly like that?!! What is it?>

Edit, Helps if I read it, Its some sort of pairing thingy ? So If i get another video card I can join them up or something?

 

[susanH]

My video card is,, Ummm finds the book... GiGabyte Ati Radeon HD 4850? 1gb ddr5

 

[jennyh]

It's a crossfire connector used for pairing similar graphics cards together. You need to have two pci-e slots though, ie 2 identical slots like the one your graphics card is in.

 

[4745454b]

Yes, its used to hook video cards up together. If its found with your stuff, he's probably not using it for a reason. He gave it to you so you can use it in the future if you need to. Set it aside, enjoy your new system.

 

[susanH]

Huh? I like nice things 🙂

 

[jennyh]

What would a female need a 4850 for?

You know what is scary stranger?

My best friend's pc is almost identical to yours. Same mobo, she has two 4870's but a 940 BE Phenom II. 😀 Same case though a 1kw corsair psu. It's pretty close yes 😀

 

[jennyh]

Oh, her mobo is a UD5, not DS4...

 

[susanH]

I wanna see what Ive got now, cant be stuffed typing it all in though :-(

C&P'd

Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: EP45-UD3LR
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 8190MB RAM
Card name: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9440)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Display Memory: 3827 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1016 MB
Shared Memory: 2811 MB

I dont get half of it..

 

[susanH]

I dont get why so much ram is being used for display when it has 1gb anyhow?

 

[susanH]

Aren't washing machine's nice things?

Perhaps one of these

Not sure what I did but do you really need to insult me?

 

[4745454b]

I'd only make fun of her if she's using this to play solitaire or Sims 2. I've met several girls while playing TF2. Its rare to find a girl who plays video games, but they do exist.

Susan, are you single? Do you have any sisters who play games? 😉

 

[susanH]

No Im not using it for Solitaire or Sims,

I like better quality games than that.

This site is pretty good but Im stull buggin over this below, if u can explain it to me like Im a 4yr old that'd be sweet.

Installed Physical Memory (ram) 8 gb
Total Physical memory >>> 4 gb <<<<<<<<<<< why is that alot less??
Available Physical Memory 6.17 gb
Total Vertial memory 16gb
Available Vertial memory 14.3gb
Page file space 8.29gb


BTw whats TF2.. ima google it now.. lol
Needs caffine now..

 

[microterf]

hey susan, do you have the 32bit version of windows?? That might be why it's showing Total Physical memory 4gb.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

lol. anyways...


Your 4850 is a graphics card/video card. It has its own RAM/memory, which is separate from your computer memory. Sometimes, there are options that allow your graphics card to use its own memory, as well as borrow some memory from your computer memory.

As for your original question, what you have there is a "crossfire connector." It is a device that connects two graphics cards (ie. two ATI4850s) in what is known as a "crossfire" ability.

Long story short, crossfire allows you to hook up two video cards to act as a single, more powerful video card.

 

[susanH]

hey susan, do you have the 32bit version of windows?? That might be why it's showing Total Physical memory 4gb.

Hi & thanks,
Im running 64 bit Vista home premium.

I tried ringing the computer guy but hes not sure

DEdit, I finally updated to SP2 and now Its saying 8 gb & 8bg, not 8gb & 4gb as before......

Seems to of been fixed with the update which took me like a week to get.
They did warn me Vista was glitchy

 

[microterf]

If you get a chance to get Windows 7, it's great. Improved on most of windows Vistas flaws but keeps the benefits. (with my 8GB RAm, I was using about 26% of RAM just after booting into Vista ultimate, about 14% with 7)

 

[susanH]

Ive got the Windows 7 upgrade advisor, I'll run it and see what it says..

 

[JessicaD]

Microterf,

Thank you for evaluating Windows 7 and it's great to hear that you are enjoying your experience so much! If you are planning on purchasing Windows 7 when it is released it may be helpful to know you don't have to wait until October to reserve your copy of Win 7! You can pre-order your copy of Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional today. For more information, see the Windows 7 Pre-Order offer page here: http://tinyurl.com/nldc8p

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team

 

[microterf]

Microterf,

Thank you for evaluating Windows 7 and it's great to hear that you are enjoying your experience so much! If you are planning on purchasing Windows 7 when it is released it may be helpful to know you don't have to wait until October to reserve your copy of Win 7! You can pre-order your copy of Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional today. For more information, see the Windows 7 Pre-Order offer page here: http://tinyurl.com/nldc8p

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team

Thank you Jessica, but I actually have a current Microsoft Technet Subscription.