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    How do you verify that you are running *DUAL* ATi 3870 cards?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by samwY, Oct 30, 2008.

  1. samwY

    samwY Notebook Consultant

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    Device manager shows two "ATI 3870" under Display adaptors.

    But Windows Welcome Manager only says ATi 3870

    If CCC has a Primary Adaptor Ati 3870 with Linked Adaptor ATi 3870 then its running CrossFire mode right?
     
    samwY, Oct 30, 2008
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  2. Charr

    Charr Notebook Deity

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    Check out GPU-Z, it will tell you what you have regardless of what drivers you are running.
     
    Charr, Oct 30, 2008
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    What he said :D
     
    Renegade0721, Oct 30, 2008
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  4. samwY

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    So did I get dual ATI cards? I'm a bit paranoid b/c I just got my new laptop and I'm missing my 2nd hdd that I ordered. "Unsure on Vista64"?
     
    samwY, Oct 30, 2008
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    You can open your notebook or take a look at your partitionmanager in Vista. Could be that you've to format the HDD.

    And yes, you're running CrossFire. If you'll get 14K in 3DMark06 then it's CrossFire.
     
    DaMarcus, Oct 30, 2008
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    D@mn that's a monster notebook rig! :D
     
    Cheffy, Oct 30, 2008
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