How does ATI Crossfire work? is it 2 of the same Graphics card working together?

For example if i buy 2 of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduc... and put them both in a duel PCI-E Crossfire motherboard will that be runing at crossfire, OR is it just 1 of the above cards and 1 of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduc... running together?

Answer:
Basically, Crossfire from ATI and SLI from nVidia involve using two of the same video cards at once. Both technologiles can use a chip to connect the cards together internally, and ATI also has some that use an external connector.

The second link in your post is to a Pyhsics card, which is totally different. This card is dedicated specifically to figuring out the physics of objects in motion.

Think of it this way, now you have a physics card that figures out (based on speed and materials) how far the broken glass flies when you crash you car into a tree. All the video card has to do now is paint the picture. Before, the video cards and/or CPU had to do all that work.

There is a lot more to Physics cards, but that's the main idea.


Learn more about Crossfire and Physics here:
http://ati.amd.com/technology/crossfire/...

http://ati.amd.com/technology/crossfire/...
Read here at ATI: http://ati.amd.com/technology/crossfire/...

http://promotions.newegg.com/ati/crossfi...

ATI Crossfire at wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ati_crossfi...

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