Running Crossfire.

[DonDavidson]

Hey people, just before i ask this i'd like to state that i tried searching for posts but couldn't find anything, although i may be using the search function completely wrong.

Before i bought my PC i read up on the processor i had selected and found out what the highest GPU i could get that would still crossfire with the CPU was, but now that my PC is here and i have started gaming i would like to be able to bump my performance up as much as possible.

So my question is, does the crossfire automatically run or do i have to go in somewhere and turn it on?

CPU: AMD A8-3870K APU (3.0GHz, 4 Cores) & AMD Radeon™ HD 6550D Graphics

GPU: 1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6670 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11

RAM: 8gb Kingston Hyper-x Genesis Dual-DDR3 1600 (2 x 4gb)

Just to be sure i didn't make a mistake while ordering it i googled this setup again and seems to be alot of people running Ultra and High settings on alot of things with around 45-50 fps whereas i tried playing Blacklight: Retribution, War Inc: Battlezone and Tribes Ascend but the only way i could get a decent FPS was with "Med" graphics settings.

Any help at all is always appreciated

Cheers

Neil

 

[keynes]

Morning Neil,
I'd assume PCS would have enable crossfire, have you check in catalyst control center?

 

[DonDavidson]

I did google a video on how to do it last night and the guy typed "ccc" into the search bar at the start button menu but when i typed that in i didnt get anything like the results he got, i only got one result and when i opened it it looked more like a help file than anything else.

unfortunately i cannot try different things just now as i am at work but will try whatever you suggest as soon as i get home.

how do i open the catalyst?