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Title: mining with two 5850 on an SLI mobo (without crossfire) - possible? Post by: jaskier007 on May 18, 2011, 02:45:32 PM hi guys, I can't seem to be able to find a definite confirmation, so can sb please answer if I can mine with multiple ATI cards on and SLI (non-crossfire) motherboard? thanks!
Title: Re: mining with two 5850 on an SLI mobo (without crossfire) - possible? Post by: elcasey on May 18, 2011, 02:50:26 PM As far as I know you can, because you're not using SLI or Crossfire to begin with. You want each card running separately. On Windows this will require monitors or a "VGA Dummy Plug" (http://www.overclock.net/folding-home-guides-tutorials/384733-30-second-dummy-plug.html) on each DVI connector.
Then they should both show up in your mining software. I was pretty confused about this at first myself (thank you, Tycho!), but now I've been bitten by the mining bug hard! 8) Title: Re: mining with two 5850 on an SLI mobo (without crossfire) - possible? Post by: jaskier007 on May 18, 2011, 03:15:21 PM Thanks a bunch! The funny thing is I have already bought a crossfire board to replace my sli one. Guess I'll just build 2 mining rigs ^^
Title: Re: mining with two 5850 on an SLI mobo (without crossfire) - possible? Post by: jawsdaws on May 18, 2011, 03:52:50 PM You can, and I do! :)
Title: Re: mining with two 5850 on an SLI mobo (without crossfire) - possible? Post by: elcasey on May 18, 2011, 04:18:31 PM Thanks a bunch! The funny thing is I have already bought a crossfire board to replace my sli one. Guess I'll just build 2 mining rigs ^^ It's easy to get sucked in before you're profitable, so just be careful (unless you have money to burn, then it's just a fun hobby like Folding rigs)! But yeah, I'm waiting on a couple backordered 5850s to complete my third miner now ... and I started in late April ;D Title: Re: mining with two 5850 on an SLI mobo (without crossfire) - possible? Post by: fasti on May 18, 2011, 08:13:00 PM Ye SLI mobo works fine for me, except 2x graphics cards on one mobo is very noisy because the inner card will have huge temperatures. I put the cards to different mobos for now, maybe pci-e raiser thing will solve it.
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