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Old Nov 3, 2007, 08:26 AM   #1
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ATI Radeon X1650 pro, Crossfire not functioning
I have a Mac Pro, and currently have 2 Saphire X1650 Pro CF ready PCIe. I don't have a master card so I need to use the software version of CF. Anyone know a driver that I can use that will fix the incompatibility?

I downloaded the Omega Driver which identifies the cards as Pros, but will still not allow crossfire.

So I have a Mac Pro Running SP2, with 2 X1650 PRO 512MB. So right now I see in Windows Hardware Manager:

ATI Radeon x1650 Pro
ATI Radeon x1650 Pro
ATI Radeon x1650 Pro Secondary
ATI Radeon x1650 Pro Secondary

ATI says I should see:

ATI Radeon X1650 Pro CrossFire Edition
ATI Radeon X1650 Pro CrossFire Edition
ATI Radeon X1650 Pro CrossFire Edition Secondary
ATI Radeon X1650 Pro CrossFire Edition Secondary

Plus when I go into the CCC (Catalyst control Center) I do not see the Crossfire Option. I called ATI they wouldn't help me since I have a Mac but they said that it can be done, using third party drivers but they can not endorse there use. And I checked the ATI website and it appears that the Crossfire Drivers don't load until a second card is detected.

So my question does anyone know where I can find these magical drivers? My google Fu is failing me big time.

Any help would be much appreciated!!

Thank you all!
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Re: ATI Radeon X1650 pro, Crossfire not functioning
i realize this is way old, but i also have this problem, and i havent been able to solve it, the only difference is that i have cards made by HIS, not saphire. and i need help, any ideas?
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i realize this is way old, but i also have this problem, and i havent been able to solve it, the only difference is that i have cards made by HIS, not saphire. and i need help, any ideas?
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Re: ATI Radeon X1650 pro, Crossfire not functioning
my system:
2 HIS ATI x1650 pro crossfire enabled graphics cards
Intel DX38BT mobo, intel says its crossfire compatable
q6600 cpu
1gb of 1066 MHz ram
and a 400W psu (not that it really matters)

anything else?
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my system:
2 HIS ATI x1650 pro crossfire enabled graphics cards
Intel DX38BT mobo, intel says its crossfire compatable
q6600 cpu
1gb of 1066 MHz ram
and a 400W psu (not that it really matters)

anything else?
Just to be sure, you did interconnect them with this piece, right?

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there is no place to, it says online that it is not done with calbes
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No, it didn't need a cable back with those cards. Have you enabled Crossfire in CCC then?

What driver are you using?
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there is no option to, this is the problem, i know that they can, but for some reason mine cant/wont. HIS just ignores my emails and ATI doesnt know what to do, neither does tigerdirect, whom i bought the cards from...this is making me feel like a noob.
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this is my card, there are two of them in my system, this is the manufacturers website for this: http://www.hisdigital.com/un/product2-328.shtml let me know if i missed some little nugget of info about crossfire with these


1:36 update: GPU-z says crossfire is disabled but available
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Have you tried to uninstall and completely remove drivers and then install them again, after windows booted up and installed the default windows vga drivers?

What set of drivers are you using btw?
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yes, i have, i am using v8.541 for drivers, and 8.1 for CCC, ATI will only tell me that my drivers are retarded, but i know that is not the case

was there ever at any time an external DVI plug or something, because if there was, that might be the problem, or its just a coincidence that HIS, tigerdirect, and GPU-z all tell me i can use crossfire, but i really cant
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yes, i have, i am using v8.541 for drivers, and 8.1 for CCC, ATI will only tell me that my drivers are retarded, but i know that is not the case

was there ever at any time an external DVI plug or something, because if there was, that might be the problem, or its just a coincidence that HIS, tigerdirect, and GPU-z all tell me i can use crossfire, but i really cant
I just checked the VisionTek site for their version of the X1650 Pro PCIe card and according to them, the Crossfire communication is done via the PCI Express on the motherboard. So, I would be checking in the BIOS for a setting that enables multi video card communication.

So, yes, there is a way to make Crossfire work without the Interlink that I referenced above. But, apparently, it has to be done via BIOS.

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ty, i will check that out now and get back to you...hopefully intel has some support

and honestly, that option never even occured to me
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well, in asking intel, i downloaded some driver and mobo updates as well as the control center for my mobo, it screwed up my mbr and now i have to reinstall windows anyways, o well...but intel doesnt have a solution, im just gonna get new graphics cards anyways because some of my games dont work with the x1650 that i am using...ty for all you help
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may i suggest a HD4670 as a cheap solution that should perform quite likely more then 4 times faster then those 2 cards in crossfire?
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