AMD 6870 Crossfire Review and Benchmarks (Sapphire & Asus)

AMD 6870 Crossfire Review and Benchmarks (Sapphire & Asus) We bring you our review and benchmarks of two AMD 6870 1GB Video Cards in Crossfire X Mode.

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[ligerman30]

What happened to the music???

[taringa501]

This guy used to blink, then he took an arow to the eyes

[TheChrisey]

@arinini99 u need the bridge

[stroberocker]

$315.00 nzd per card lul i now own 2 :D

[kyle589]

@mindharvester Use a PSU calculator. Just do a search I'm sure you can find one easy online. For my setup which includes 2 6850s in crossfire it recommened 650w power supplies. I ended up going with a seasonic 750w tho just to have a little extra room.

[SGlitches]

@arinini99 did u use the crossfire bridge to connect the two, or did you just hook 1 in 1 slot and one in another..

[douglaskottraba3]

My MSI motherboard requres me to install the card in two specific PCI-E slots when I operate them crossfire. Check your owners manual. Also how powerful is your power supply. I would guess it would behave a little differently if the power supply was the issue. Check the slots though

[arinini99]

I am trying 2 connect 2x XFX radeon 6870. Done what u have done connected it, and when I log my computer and start it I go to the Device managment and it only finds 1 and when I plug 1 DVI cable in each card it only launch the screen thats connected 2 the PCI -E slot 1 My main board is ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme! I have just connected them do I need any driverss or something in the BIOS ?

[longshanlung]

How loud are these?

[NullZer0]

Thanks, I really wish there were more details. The charts are not very detailed and the only thing I learned was they run cool (which is good to know, but how cool?) What kinda amps are these things pulling together?

For PSU concerns google extreme outervision psu calculator.

BTW, I run one with a Antec NEO ECO 400C 400W PSU, which has a 30a 12v rail. It runs no problem. I am getting a 750w 62a 12v PSU for crossfire.

The 6870 also needs two PCI-E 6+2pin power connections