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    • LilAng
      LilAng last edited by LilAng

      I have a customer that has two vision tek radeon hd7850 with a ribbon cable attaching them together. One has failed, and we cannot find another one that is new for a reasonable price.

      Can you attach two different cards with a ribbon cable? Do they have to be the same in order for them to work?

      Thank you

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      • Obsolesce
        Obsolesce @LilAng last edited by

        @tech1 said in Graphics card Question:

        Can you attach two different cards with a ribbon cable? Do they have to be the same in order for them to work?

        They need to be the same GPU, but don't have to be from the same manufacturer.

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        • momurda
          momurda last edited by

          Certainly a modern budget card like a single 1060 would trounce dual 7850s?
          though i see those are still quite overpriced.

          @obsolesce said in Graphics card Question:

          @tech1 said in Graphics card Question:

          Can you attach two different cards with a ribbon cable? Do they have to be the same in order for them to work?

          They need to be the same GPU, but don't have to be from the same manufacturer.

          Not even sure they need to be same gpu, amd had that hybrid xfire thing where you could use the ribbon on different cards, 280/290, and also xfire with the onboard graphics and discrete cards together for a bit.

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          • nadnerB
            nadnerB last edited by nadnerB

            From what you've said, I gather that they have the 7850's in CrossFire... the AMD version of nVidia's SLi.

            So long as you keep to a Radeon card it's fine.

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            • scottalanmiller
              scottalanmiller last edited by

              @tech1 said in Graphics card Question:

              hd7850

              2012: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/1055/radeon-hd-7850

              Time to upgrade. An entry level card today will perform better than this is Crossfire, will be easier to maintain, and cost less than the cost of you searching for one of these.

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              • wrx7m
                wrx7m last edited by

                Have video cards become more reasonable these days? I haven't upgraded my card because I didn't want to pay cryptomining surge pricing.

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                • travisdh1
                  travisdh1 @wrx7m last edited by

                  @wrx7m said in Graphics card Question:

                  Have video cards become more reasonable these days? I haven't upgraded my card because I didn't want to pay cryptomining surge pricing.

                  Prices have started to come back down recently. They were just getting back to around OEM recommended pricing a couple weeks ago.

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                  • wrx7m
                    wrx7m @travisdh1 last edited by

                    @travisdh1 said in Graphics card Question:

                    @wrx7m said in Graphics card Question:

                    Have video cards become more reasonable these days? I haven't upgraded my card because I didn't want to pay cryptomining surge pricing.

                    Prices have started to come back down recently. They were just getting back to around OEM recommended pricing a couple weeks ago.

                    I'll have to keep an eye out now.

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                    • scottalanmiller
                      scottalanmiller @wrx7m last edited by

                      @wrx7m said in Graphics card Question:

                      Have video cards become more reasonable these days? I haven't upgraded my card because I didn't want to pay cryptomining surge pricing.

                      Improving, but still horrible.

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