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May 18, 2011, 02:45:32 PM
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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!
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May 18, 2011, 02:50:26 PM
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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" 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!  Cool
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May 18, 2011, 03:15:21 PM
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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 ^^
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May 18, 2011, 03:52:50 PM
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You can, and I do! Smiley
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May 18, 2011, 04:18:31 PM
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Quote from: 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 ^^

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 Grin
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May 18, 2011, 08:13:00 PM
Last edit: May 18, 2011, 08:27:06 PM by fasti
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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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