Just a quick question for others here with CF setups.
When you're at the desktop, running windowed apps, etc. are you finding that the rendering load defaults to your primary GPU or the linked GPU?
The reason I ask is that I have one reference 5870, and one with stock clocks but not the reference cooler. I intentionally set it up so that the latter (a Gigabyte) would be the primary card, as it runs 10-15C cooler and seems to have less flaky VRMs. However, except when running full-screen games on my primary monitor, the primary card always sits idle and the rendering is always done on the linked card (including running windowed games on my primary monitor, which SHOULD be done by the primary card).
This is exactly bassackwards from what I want to happen, and certain applications have actually begun overheating the VRMs on my linked card to the point where I'm getting BSODs. The impeller on the card is dying to boot, so I can't just manually crank up fan speed to cool the VRMs like I used to be able to. The obvious choice would be an aftermarket cooler... except that it seems most of the 5870-compatible coolers are going EOL since AMD is no longer making the 5800 series.
Anyone else see similar behavior or have any success getting the primary card in the CF pair to be the default for rendering?
When you're at the desktop, running windowed apps, etc. are you finding that the rendering load defaults to your primary GPU or the linked GPU?
The reason I ask is that I have one reference 5870, and one with stock clocks but not the reference cooler. I intentionally set it up so that the latter (a Gigabyte) would be the primary card, as it runs 10-15C cooler and seems to have less flaky VRMs. However, except when running full-screen games on my primary monitor, the primary card always sits idle and the rendering is always done on the linked card (including running windowed games on my primary monitor, which SHOULD be done by the primary card).
This is exactly bassackwards from what I want to happen, and certain applications have actually begun overheating the VRMs on my linked card to the point where I'm getting BSODs. The impeller on the card is dying to boot, so I can't just manually crank up fan speed to cool the VRMs like I used to be able to. The obvious choice would be an aftermarket cooler... except that it seems most of the 5870-compatible coolers are going EOL since AMD is no longer making the 5800 series.
Anyone else see similar behavior or have any success getting the primary card in the CF pair to be the default for rendering?