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March 27, 2011, 03:39:41 PM
Last edit: March 27, 2011, 04:10:03 PM by ishav
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Hello,

This might be a stupid question..

I was looking to pickup a new graphics card for my PC. So I was looking at the different ATI cards and since the 5970 has 2 cores.
 Do i need a crossfire enabled motherboard to use both cores on a 5970 for bitcoin mining?
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March 27, 2011, 03:47:27 PM
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nope. crossfire is for 2 separate graphics cards.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

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March 27, 2011, 04:07:17 PM
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btw 5970 not 5790
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March 27, 2011, 04:17:39 PM
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Quote from: grue on March 27, 2011, 03:47:27 PM
nope. crossfire is for 2 separate graphics cards.

Ok thanks.

Quote from: nster on March 27, 2011, 04:07:17 PM
btw 5970 not 5790

Yes of course I mixed up the numbers there.  Cheesy
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