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Title: question on running 5850 and 5830 together
Post by: nazgulnarsil on June 11, 2011, 01:32:37 AM
so I dont have a resister to make the computer think 2 monitors are attached yet.  (windows 7)

I am now up and running with guiminer at default clocks.

How do I control clocks/fans of each card independently?

I've heard that msi afterburner controls the card that is currently plugged in.  So I should find a stable OC on the first card then switch to the other card and repeat?

How does that work once I have a dummy plug?


Title: Re: question on running 5850 and 5830 together
Post by: grue on June 11, 2011, 01:34:28 AM
https://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=9982.0


Title: Re: question on running 5850 and 5830 together
Post by: nazgulnarsil on June 11, 2011, 01:38:13 AM
MSI afterburner appears to control same GPU no matter which I plug into.

I want to up the fan speed on the hotter card and I cant.


Title: Re: question on running 5850 and 5830 together
Post by: CentroniX on June 11, 2011, 01:39:54 AM
MSI Afterburner allows you to select each card, and make changes to that particular card independent of other card's settings.

I'm running a 5850 and 5830 on Win 7 64 bit and have no problems setting each card independently.

You will need either a dummy plug, run both cards in crossfire, or connect both cards to a monitor in order for Windows to recognize each card as active.  On my particular miner with this setup, I have one monitor with both VGA and DVI inputs, and just have each card going to each input.

Hope that helps.

cent


Title: Re: question on running 5850 and 5830 together
Post by: nazgulnarsil on June 11, 2011, 01:46:09 AM
OH its in the settings.  Thank you!

Cant seem to change the settings on the 5850 except fan speed.  Core and memory sliders show no value.  GPU-Z shows stock values.

edit: I adjusted the 5850 with sapphire trixx.  both cards running 925.  think I'll leave it here for stability test before pushing any further.

600Mh woohoo!