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CrossFireJack 'Open Beta'

S7ATiC

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If you have 2 of the same ATI videocards, or even a normal CrossFire combo, help me out... try this.
The more feedback I get on this, the more I'll look into it.

Download CrossFireJack (v1.0.1.2 Prerelease)...

Run CrossFireJack ... Enable CrossFire. It's a hackjob, but it 'enables' CrossFire. It's good to see the " 14X " AA option...

Have fun with it.

(note: You can't enable/disable it while the video adapters are in use by the CCC, so have it closed before you try enabling or disabling crossfire, or it'll gracefully & silently abort the attempt...)


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Uknow, I always thought it was odd needing a "master card" to enable crossfire and suspected something like this could be done...wonder if it works with any highend card like 2x reg X1800XTs.
 

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Me too..

I'm hoping it'll work on normal drivers too, but I'm still playing with these at the moment...

The exectuable has the private flag set in the version info to signify this release, the once this 'beta' comes to fruition, the version will reset to 1.0.0.0, without a private...

I may change the private flag to prerelease for the beta and include the debug symbols if any further changes need to be done...
 
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Me too..

I'm hoping it'll work on normal drivers too, but I'm still playing with these at the moment...

The exectuable has the private flag set in the version info to signify this release, the once this 'beta' comes to fruition, the version will reset to 1.0.0.0, without a private...

I may change the private flag to prerelease for the beta and include the debug symbols if any further changes need to be done...

Very nice work :laugh: W1zz may be able to provide some help aswell.
 

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tried it with 3dmark yet?
 

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This is just like running Nvidia cards without a bridge.
 

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so it will deliver a substantial gain in performance, but not as high as if I had used a mastercard?
tried dual GT with the crossfire dongle?
and post results if you try this (cf/no cf)
 

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fun :D

s7atic: where did you get this proggie? or did you make it youseff?
 

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Yeah I wrote it... and it doesn't seem to actually work. :banghead:

CrossFire is 'Enabled', but I can't get anything to render in AFR or split mode, and the extended AA options don't appear do any more than 6X...

So... I'm working on it. :shadedshu
 

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w1zz might be able to help you if you need it. :)
 

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I loaded up the Cat 6.8s, and re-ran 3d mark 06 and almost crapped myself... It worked...

I was checking to see if having Catalyst AI set to advanced forced AFR mode... so I set it to advanced, then disabled crossfire, and tested.
15 fps in Deep Freeze.

I switched to the primary port (secondary device in device manager for some reason) on the second card, and then enabled Crossfire...
25 fps in Deep Freeze.

:twitch:

O.K. then... Well, I'm happy. I have CrossFired X1900GTs... without dongle or mastercard.
The master is adapter 3, the slave is adapter 0.

I made some minor revisions to the CrossFireJack utility, I don't know if that actually mattered.

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CrossFireJack.exe : Standalone v1.0.1.2 prerelease executable, minus debug symbols.
CrossFireJack.PR.1.0.1.2.exe : RAR SFX file - contains CrossFireJack & debug symbols.
 

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what was your 3dmarks scores? (with/without cf)
 

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anybody else tried this? post 3dmark scores before/after
 

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I try with two X1900XTX and it don't work at all...:)
 

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If you can copy and paste the info it spit out for you, maybe I can get it to work for you, slyder.

In 3D Mark 06...
Before, 3624 3D Marks...
After, 5094 3D Marks...

Sitting through the CPU tests was torture, I still have my single core 3200+, and plan on getting a 4800+ dual core very soon...

Unfortunately, as I was posting that earlier today, I knocked my drink, and grabbed it before it spilled... but I bumped the raptor hot-swap bays... good news is, drive recovery's coming along, and only a few sectors got scrapped.. it was a raid 0+1, so although I shouldn't have lost anything by hitting just one drive, I hit 2 bays at once - but project files, etc, are fine... I can replace a few system files, the ntoskrnl, and live short one steam .gcf, and maybe a few other things...

I was in a far too caffinated and unstable state after realising it was working... sorry. :)

I noticed a few quirks though. I never got Super AA to work.. or split/tile based rendering, just AFR...
 
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Well, that's curious to look at. ATi said earlier that they're going to support up to the X1900GT CrossFired with 2 cards, but not higher... maybe it will still work though.

Install & use the Cat. 6.8s...

Open display properties (right click desktop menu -> properties, or control panel -> display )...

Click the 2nd videocard's secondary display, check extended, hit apply.

Move the video cable to the 2nd card, and find which one is enabled (should show up as just the desktop background)...

Move the video cable back to the 1st card, select that enabled 2nd videocard secondary display, check primary, hit apply.

Move the video cable back to the 2nd card, and you should see everything as normal...

Run CrossFireJack again, and post another screenshot...

(You may have to flash your cards to make them think they're X1900GTs w/ pipes unlocked and whatever clock speeds you want... but let's not go that far yet.)
 
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Allright, second X1900GT ordered!
sure hope this works :p It is a sapphire and the current is a club3d, but i think they are identical (unless I get the Pro Core :p ..yeah right..)
s7atic: are you using 2 Gt's of the same brand?
aren't all ATi cards Built by ATi, then labelled / finished at the manufacturers?
 

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btw, s7atic, if you're thinking of oc a bit with the cpu, i can reccomend the opteron 165,
Mine is running Rock solid @ FX60 ;) (291*9) actually gives better scores than the sandra fx60 cpu compare
 

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Yeah, I got both X1900GTs at the same time at $220 a piece + $20 shipping, they're Sapphire brand, but under the sticker they have a generic BBA Radeon logo... Sapphire manufactured most of ATi's stuff, I believe...

I don't think they're unlockable pipe-wise at the moment... maybe I'll give that a go later...

Right now, I'm more concerned with my hard drive/corrupt files situation... think I'm just going to retrieve what I can and reinstall... working from other computers/work computers/my laptop for the time being...

I'm not all that much an enthusiast, although one day I hope to have the budget available to become one...

Untill then, don't expect too much from this. I don't advise buying 2 X1900GTs to CrossFire if you're at all capable of affording something currently supported by ATi...
ATi may in the future officially support CrossFire between X1900GTs though, so that's why I decided to do this...

I don't feel like burning either of these cards up, even though I have the confidence to void both warranties... :D
 

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get in contact with omega (the guy who does omega drivers) he used to work for ati, so if anyone can help you refine the patch and possibly get it working for other ati cards, its him ;)
 

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yes, i would love an omega driver with dual x1900gt crossfire support and chuck patch ;) can it get any better? crossfire for the same price as as a mastercard ;)
 

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I don't advise buying 2 X1900GTs to CrossFire if you're at all capable of affording something currently supported by ATi...
well I already had a x1900GT in my machine, and buying a mastercard is just stupid :slap: (unless you keep the gt, buy a master and xt and use the gt as a physics card) and since the consumers law in norway says i have the right to return anything i buy on the internet in 14 days as long as its ok:toast: , I figured I'll be the guinea pig that confirms this, if so it'll be a very good dual card setup at an amazingly low price :rockout:

*if it doesnt work at all, s7atic, this :nutkick: will be the least of your problems:D
 

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Enabling CrossFire with 2 X1900GTs improves performance, of that much I'm certain.
 
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