We already reported that in the current block AMD will presented the technology crossFire X, which will allow to unite in one system three or four video card. It will be possible to unite video card from average and lower price range, in contrast to more expensive triple SLI. According to some data, in this block will appear the possibility to unite in regime triple crossFire and Quad crossFire video card on base of chips RV630 and RV670 - both single video card and dual chip class gemini. In the first quarter of the following year will appear the possibility to use resources of the integrated graphic core within the technology hybrid crossFire.
Catalyst 7.10 Drivers presented on this week allow to unite video card family radeon HD 2xxx without special bridges - this the so-called software CrossFire.
It is necessary to note that two Radeon HD 2600 XT with software crossFire are by several percentages slower than the bridges version , but only in benchmark series 3DMark and separate games. There are some games, which demonstrate a noticeable loss in the software crossFire version . It is possible to assume that the passage to the system bus PCI express 2.0 will result in a certain improvement . Furthermore, drivers will be improved . In any event, in some situations software CrossFire already demonstrates a good progress in some tests.