Disable one GPU on a 4870x2

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myren

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I bought a 4870x2 thinking it would be perfect for running an army of EVE Online characters with. Unfortuantely, CCP, the coders of the game, apparently dont care a lick about AMD SLI gamers and havent put together the scratch to get a test rig with: the game crashes non stop in any kind of AMD SLI config. Theres a 13 page forum thread but thusfar CCP has not acknowledged that theres any issue.

Given that theres no hope this company will ever pull its head out from its own asshole, is there any way I can disable one of my 4870x2's GPU's? This seems to be the only way I'll ever get to play EVE again.

[edit: I do use dual monitors; if theres any way to preserve them both it would be swell]
 
Yes, there is a way. Under a sticker on the card, you should find two dip switches. One of them turns off one of the GPUs, and the other one... I have forgotten what the other one does now but it's not anything harmful. They are poorly labelled, and you will have to experiment to see which one does the trick.
 
Under the 3d section of your Catalyst Control Center, if you disable AI, I believe that limits you to one GPU. Try that and see if it works.
 
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