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| 721097 | 2008-11-18 03:55:00 | Finally had time to connect second 4850 but have no crossfire cable 1. Any idea's where to get one other than playtech. 2. Is the 4G of ram even though running vista32 so I can't see all of it, is it going to affect anything else. Thanks |
Q man (14225) | ||
| 721098 | 2008-11-18 04:59:00 | Finally had time to connect second 4850 but have no crossfire cable 1. Any idea's where to get one other than playtech. 2. Is the 4G of ram even though running vista32 so I can't see all of it, is it going to affect anything else. Thanks I thought it came with the graphic card? Anyway, it's either with the graphic card or the motherboard. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 721099 | 2008-11-18 05:05:00 | what are you trying to ask about the ram? | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 721100 | 2008-11-18 05:22:00 | I've got a Xfire connector from my 4870 if you want it. If you want it by normal post it's free, by courier then just the courier cost. PM me. 4GB RAM in 32-bit? I just upgraded to 4GB, though my Vista 32-bit only recognised 3.26GBs of it. Can't notice any difference anywhere but Crysis Warhead, which has rid itself of the incessant lagging. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 721101 | 2008-11-18 05:23:00 | Your system can only handle ~3.5GB of RAM regardless was my understanding. So even though your GFX card has it's own memory controller, the 1GB between them is still being referenced by your OS in the same way that DIMM modules are registered. At least that's what I always thought. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 721102 | 2008-11-18 05:47:00 | The connector comes with the motherboard. | pctek (84) | ||
| 721103 | 2008-11-18 06:08:00 | A SP1 Vista 32 bit will report 4gb of ram in the system properties (Non SP1 will not), but its just for show it wont address/use all of it. the 3.5gb is pretty much correct as the rest of it gets reserved for hardware addressing. Crossfire connectors and SLI bridges are normally supplied by the motherboard vendor as part of the mobo package. I've not seen on come with a graphics board at all but its possible some do i guess. If you can get one as a single part grab it, though I'm not a fan of playtech personally. |
kersonan (13264) | ||
| 721104 | 2008-11-18 06:41:00 | My Sapphire 4870 came with one. I assumed a 4850 would too. My offer's still up Q man. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 721105 | 2008-11-18 07:16:00 | Sorry had to go out Thanks for all the replies, my sli board came with the sli bridge but new motherboard didnt have a xfire cable and my two ASUS hd4850 from pb didn't either a bit bummed. Just wanted to make sure that the cards memory would conflict with vista now running theoretical 5G (4G + 2x4850512mb) Thanks will take you up on that offer qazwsxokmijn(man that's hard to spell after a couple of JDs). |
Q man (14225) | ||
| 721106 | 2008-11-18 08:40:00 | It will all add up to 5GB, you're right. And you'll only get ~3.5GB all up of that in Vista. I'm not sure how much difference you'd see in practice anyway between your current and a x64bit system, so I wouldn't worry too much. Unless you're using really intensive memory (almost wrote mammary there... lol) usage when you get this thing going, in which case you could contemplate the switch. See how it goes. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
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