Can I crossfire a Radeon HD 5850 with an HD 6850?

FrOsTyy

United States125 Posts

November 26 2011 21:27 GMT

I purchased a new PC recently that is coming with a Radeon HD 6850. I currently have my own Radeon HD5850. At first I was considering doing crossfire with 2 Radeon HD 6850's just because they are really affordable cards and don't use too much power. However, I already have a Radeon HD 5850. So the question is, can I crossfire the 6850 with the 5850? Both cards are supposedly crossfire ready and so is my motherboard, but I don't know if they would actually work together or if getting a 2nd 6850 is the only way I could get crossfire going. Any thoughts?!

P.S. I know there are better cards out there, I am just trying to work with what I've got/My very low budget.

Edit- Corrected spelling errors.

Edit 2- I did do a Google search and didn't find what I was looking for. I think my brain is fried from doing google searches for like 2 hours on a million other things. Its nice to have the community help me with answers. Not nice when some of the answers are just bashing for no reason... anyway I added a second question in the replies. Look forward to hearing your answers.

Myrmidon

United States9452 Posts

November 26 2011 21:32 GMT

No.

http://sites.amd.com/us/game/technology/Pages/crossfirex.aspx

Also, if you don't mind the somewhat higher power consumption, the HD 5850 is a little bit faster than the HD 6850, so you should swap them.

Boblhead

United States2577 Posts

November 26 2011 21:33 GMT

googled it

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/307818-33-crossfire-6850-5850-together

lyrlian

Netherlands257 Posts

November 26 2011 22:11 GMT

I don't understand why people make threads like this. 1 single google search would've given you this answer in alot less time.

ensign_lee

United States1178 Posts

November 26 2011 22:14 GMT

NO. DON'T DO IT. YOU WILL FRY YOUR CARDS.

FrOsTyy

United States125 Posts

November 26 2011 23:43 GMT

On November 27 2011 07:11 lyrlian wrote:
I don't understand why people make threads like this. 1 single google search would've given you this answer in alot less time.

I don't understand why people come on threads just to be mean to people who need help.

Okay cool next question. Should I sell the 5850 and buy a second 6850 to cross fire? or should I just sell both and get like a 6870 or 6950. I don't think my power supply would support 2 5850's.

skyR

Canada13817 Posts

November 26 2011 23:54 GMT

Just keep using the Radeon HD5850 and wait for the Radeon HD7950 to be released in the upcoming months.

MichaelDonovan

United States1453 Posts

November 27 2011 00:20 GMT

You can't crossfire or SLI two cards with different GPUs

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