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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: franny on June 20, 2011, 04:15:33 pm

Title: GA870A-USB3L rev3.1 & Xfire
Post by: franny on June 20, 2011, 04:15:33 pm
Hy all,I did a Sys upgrade a few days ago to this M'board.I am running a Phenom2x6 1100t with 4gb of Corsair XMS DDR3 Ram.My Graphics is a pair of Powercolor 4870HD ATI Cards and powered by an 850w PSU.All connections are correct,Xfire Bridge is on.Now my problem is how do I enable Xfire.Windows7 x64 recognizes both cards in Devive Manager,and reports No Conflicts.Yet the AMD/ATI Software says the second card is Disabled,and I can find no options to enable Xfire or the Second Card.Does anyone have any ideas what the problem could be and how to solve it,thanks in advance guys.
Title: Re: GA870A-USB3L rev3.1 & Xfire
Post by: absic on June 20, 2011, 04:19:42 pm
Hi there

are you using the latest ATI Catalyst Graphics drivers 11.6? If not try them and see if that makes a difference. You can download them from here: http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-64.aspx
Title: Re: GA870A-USB3L rev3.1 & Xfire
Post by: Dark Mantis on June 20, 2011, 06:25:53 pm
Don't forget to load the drivers for both cards individually. Each card must have it's own drivers installed.
Title: Re: GA870A-USB3L rev3.1 & Xfire
Post by: franny on June 20, 2011, 07:38:52 pm
I just loaded the drivers on again for the second card,still disabled and still no options to enable Xfire.I am already using the 11.6 driver package from ATI.I also tried the 11.5 drivers,still the same though.Thanks for the suggestions anyway.I suppose I will just have to keep trying.AMD/ATI Forum didnt help.You would think that they would have such driver/software problems sorted after 5-6 years Xfire has been going,or is that too much to ask.
Title: Re: GA870A-USB3L rev3.1 & Xfire
Post by: F5BJR on June 20, 2011, 08:29:33 pm
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Test separatly the 2 graphics cards in same slot or change slot

Pierre

Title: Re: GA870A-USB3L rev3.1 & Xfire
Post by: Tiger on June 25, 2011, 02:50:51 am
The  GA870A-USB3L is not an AMD CrossFireX motherboard. If you want CrossFireX you need a different model. Check the specs for CrossFireX compatibility.  
Title: Re: GA870A-USB3L rev3.1 & Xfire
Post by: absic on June 25, 2011, 08:11:47 am
Nice spot Tiger, I missed that one!  :-[