Crossfire bridge stupid question

[Michaelius]

I'm planning on building CF rig with 2x2900 pro 512/256 however those cards came with no CF bridges so i have to buy them separatly.

Are all bridges same length and quality and will any of them work with 2900 ?

Mobo will be either Abit AW9D or DFI RD600 chipset one.

 

[Zinn]

The crossfire bridges that came with my reference-designed 3870 cards are flexy, (like ribbon cables you can only twist on one axis) so they work between 3 slots or two depending your motherboard setup. i don't know if anyone sells non-ATI reference crossfire bridges, but if you post a link to what you're looking at, i'll tell you if it's the same or not...

i'm fairly certain that all crossfire connectors are otherwise the same (ie. whatever works on 3870 will work on 2900pro, etc.)

 

[Michaelius]

Hmm they aren't too orginal

this one is 4 euro per 1
http://www.allegro.pl/item302723557_108_ati_crossfire_bridge_mostek_do_laczenia.html

and this one is 7 euro:
http://www.komputronik.pl/Kadlubki_...oria/HiS_CrossFire_Bridge/pelny,id,36996,s,1/

well those are only ones i found so far maybe i'll try to buy some from other radeon users who don't plan dual GPU setups.

 

[SharpieFiend]

Hmm they aren't too orginal

this one is 4 euro per 1
http://www.allegro.pl/item302723557_108_ati_crossfire_bridge_mostek_do_laczenia.html

and this one is 7 euro:
http://www.komputronik.pl/Kadlubki_...oria/HiS_CrossFire_Bridge/pelny,id,36996,s,1/

well those are only ones i found so far maybe i'll try to buy some from other radeon users who don't plan dual GPU setups.

Why bother with crossfire when one 3870 will be faster?

 

[NoobToast]

so the bridges arent included with the GPU?

 

[Zinn]

Why bother with crossfire when one 3870 will be faster?

wrong

 

[Sr7]

wrong

Don't you love these guys spreading this utterly wrong (mis)information Zinn?

 

[Michaelius]

Why bother with crossfire when one 3870 will be faster?

The only 3870 that will be faster is 3870x2
Single 2900pro can easily match 3850 speeds and get very close to 3870 performance.

 

[Zinn]

Don't you love these guys spreading this utterly wrong (mis)information Zinn?

you wouldn't believe how much i love it! it gives me someone to crab at