Domas Posted July 30, 2013 Posted July 30, 2013 Apologies if this is a silly question, but I haven't been able to find a relevant topic on this recently. Anything I've Google searched seems to be over a year old, referring to amd's 5000 and 6000 series. That being said, I plan on buying two radeon hd 7850 2gb 256bit cards. Granted, one alone is easily doubling my current gpu's power, but I'm hoping to take the hd textures/lighting mods/enb's to a level I haven't seen on my rig. So if anyone can confirm crossfire support, I would be much appreciative!
Domas Posted July 31, 2013 Author Posted July 31, 2013 (edited) Bamp :/. I realize it's probably a dumb question. I also have a secondary question though, so instead of creating a new topic... Q2: Currently re-setting up my modlist following STEP... Given that my GPU has 1GB of dedicated memory, is that all I can consider as my VRAM? i.e., when referring to STEP's VRAM limitations per mod recommendation (<1gb, 1 - 1.25GB, etc...), do I only look at my 1GB of dedicated, or can I also include shared system memory? As it stands, display properties under control panel is reading: Total Available Graphics Memory: 2815 MBDedicated Video Memory: 1024 MBSystem Video Memory: 0 MBShared System Memory: 1791 MB Thanks again for any insight! Hoping to hear from someone soon - until then I'll follow STEP as if I have 1GB VRAM. Edited July 31, 2013 by Domas
helloguy1232 Posted July 31, 2013 Posted July 31, 2013 not very well. Two 7850s is a terrible idea, for the same amount of money you can get a 7970 or a GTX770, they'll be slower than 2 7850s but at the same time take up much less power, produce much less noise, produce much less heat, and also dont have issues with glitches/game compatability(such as this case)
Jeffredo Posted August 13, 2013 Posted August 13, 2013 The support should get better with Catalyst 13.8. AMD is working on the smoothness/micro-stutter issues with multiple cards.
FiftyTifty Posted August 13, 2013 Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) *Cough* If you also get RadeonPro and force a crossfire profile for tesv.exe (Choose one of Bethesda's games; doesn't have to be Skyrim, if it's even available. Every game since Morrowind uses the same engine). Should improve things nicely. Also, helloguy has the right idea. One powerful card > two moderate cards Edited August 13, 2013 by FiftyTifty
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