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I'm still having issues with it. I get it running ok, but it's performance is not great. Thanks lots for the replies - it's still very handy to hear about other people's setups so I know mine is ok and that the problems are my hardware - please keep comments coming. daftVader, have you tried...

Well, I've got things working and all I needed was replacement cabling. Great that several weeks of communication with ATI didn't have them suggesting anywhere that that may have been the issue. ATI support were useless, basically. So, now it works I guess I need to set it up properly. I...

Does no one else have Crossfire working, or was my post just too tedious to read? hehe - wouldn't blame you if you thought the latter! I've installed the latest BIOS now - no change. Got hold of another master card to try tonight... wish me luck!

3) Where are your cards plugged in (PCIe slots)? 3) #1 (Blue) and #2 (normal) respectively (I might play with this. Now I think about it I'm not *certain* they are in right and some have said they have had similar symptoms with them in backwards...) On checking the documentation (with...

I'm having all kinds of issues. I have now re-installed Windows and applied all updates and installed MB drivers and then Catalyst6.5 and it still doesn't work. ATI are being useless. Please would someone out there describe their working setup so I can see where I deviate? It's incredibly...

I switched the input being used on the slave card - it came back. Pretty sick of this! (as is everyone here too I reckon! heh)

I have. It's still scrood. I am learning to hate Asus and ATI and Creative and anyone else who promises me performance and delivers me to hell :(

Of course I just had to try and get the wireless working didn't I? Now the Crossfire is broken again and won't come back with the re-install sequence I used before... *sigh*

Yeah, I guess I'll start all that testing malarky now I know where the problem is :) Thanks lots for your help! Curiously, Crossfire is now working better than it didn't. Wouldn't be surprised if that Wireless card has always been causing problems, but only recently badly enough to stop...

I could go swap the cards. There is no process running - it's kernel activity that Process Explorer says is 60/40 IRQs and DPCs (whatever they are)

Hmm. I just turned off the wireless connection and put in a hard-wire to the motherboard. Network works fine and no CPU usage. Dang wireless card... I have no idea how to go about 'fixing' it.

Hmm - I don't have another slot :( Graphics cards cover 4 and the sound card leaves one at the bottom that the wireless card is using *sigh* it didn't used to do this :( Just used Process Explorer and it confirms that in those periods of high usage, Interrupts are about 50 to 60 % of the...

When I switch on "Show Kernel Times" it shows that the usage is pretty much all system, not application. So I thought I'd uninstall the wireless card and, guess what? No more CPU usage. Should I move this query to another forum? :) Seems that there must be some weirdness with the wireless...

Hmm - even mid-download, the CPU-usage went up and the download halted...

Ok well I removed a few unnecessary apps and then uninstalled the graphics cards (from Device Manager) and uninstalled ATI stuff, rebooted, ran the cleaner, rebooted, uninstalled the 1.1 and 2.0 .NET frameworks, made sure all the Crossfire cables were in correctly, rebooted, installed the .NET...

.Exe name changing to force a rendering mode is a top tip, thanks! Unbelievable that ATI don't actually let you set that yourself or make profiles, eh? *sigh* Here's hoping I actually get Crossfire working (at all) tonight so I can try and make it work better with .exe name fun... Ideas...

Interesting. I've just read another review of our motherboard that says they set up Crossfire without use of the cable/dongle: - http://www.digital-daily.com/motherboard/asus_a8r32_mvp_deluxe/ *sigh* More confusion. Also this article: - http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=ODE1LDM=...

Thanks for that - can I ask, are you using the A8R32-MVP Deluxe motherboard?

More conflicting info - I would really appreciate comment from anyone who actually has the same setup. I read a Crossfire setup guide on the Asus site specifically for the A8R32-MVP (which of course I can't find now I come to post) that detailed the cabling necessary for the master-slave...

Oh and I did install the AMD drivers a while back to stop a problem with mis-synchronisations making Everquest 2 go mad. The drivers resolved that problem - are they perhaps causing this one, though?