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Re: Question on installing a 2nd card drivers-wise, 5870 w/ 5970
by
allinvain
on 18/04/2011, 07:49:23 UTC
I mine with an exactly similar box, and I just enable crossfire and don't need a dummy plug. Works fine.

i think it depends on your OS.  windows or linux?


I for one intend to use Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.

I found another guide to building a dummy plug:

http://soerennielsen.dk/mod/VGAdummy/index_en.php

The thing with crossfire is that I read on the forum that it decreases performance a little bit. I think for a dedicated miner squeezing as much out of the hardware is very important. But TheKid if you can assure me that performance won't suffer *that* much, or even give me some numbers to consider  (ie with crossfire and without), then I'll definitely not bother building a dummy plug.