Just installed my 2 Radeon HD 7870's and have the crossfire bridge on them. They're both receiving power and are on. I've downloaded the latest Catalyst Software Suite(AMD Vision Engine Control Center)(PS: You guys need to just change the name of the download because I was running around in circles).

I'm not finding any utilities in the AMD VECC that allows me to enable crossfire. I installed Hydravision as well and that doesn't seem to be anywhere. Only thing I haven't installed are the new Beta Drivers(V 13.2).

Help?

Many people with CF report issues and missing settings with 13.1. Try 13.2 beta and/or something from last year.

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 810 @ 3250MHz | RAM: Kingmax 2x2GB DDR2 800 @ 833MHz| MoBo: MSI K9A2 CF v1.0 (BIOS: 1.D)| GPU: Asus HD 6850 1024MB (DirectCu) @ 850/1100MHz | Display: Chili Green Vision L24FHD | PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad | OS: MS Windows 95 x64 Edition

CPU: Pentium 4 Northwood S478 @ 3200MHz | RAM: 1,5GB DDR 400| MoBo: Gigabyte GA-8S661FXMP-RZ | GPU: Abit Geforce Ti 4200 | Display: Dimarson 19" CRT | PSU: Noname 400W | OS: MS Windows XP Pro, Fedora 18

I'm downloading now. I'll let you know in a couple of minutes.

Just for a reference, this is all thats available in the utilities prior to me downloading the BETA Patch 13.2(which I'm doing as I type this)

http://puu.sh/23pzF

Just installed the new 13.2 BETA Patch. Hydravision popped up now but still NO option to crossfire ANYWHERE on AMD VECC.

Do you have the required .netframework installed? Are you using win8? Did you remove all software from the previous graphics card? Did you do a clean install of the new drivers? Have you looked in the FAQ section of this forum? http://forums.amd.com/game/categories.cfm?catid=444&flcache=6121218&entercat=y

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I'm installing the new .netframework right now. I'm windows 7. I did uninstall all previous versions of AMD VECC and all of my graphics drivers before installing my new cards. One installed, I had re-installed and updated all of the required drivers for both the graphics drivers and AMD VECC. Just a moment.

.network 4.5 installed and complete. I'll be right back. I'm going to restart my computer as a rebound tactic. I'll be back shortly with an update.

Restarted. Everything is up to date. Checked AMD VECC(CCC) and still no visible crossfire enabling utility.

You have to install the drivers again. Netframework must be installed before you try to install the drivers. Also, did you read about the clean install?

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Clean install meaning? You ask if I clean installed the drivers and I did. Are you asking if I did a full reinstall of my OS?

So lemme try to create a chronoligcal order of this from my current position. Uninstall .netframework to whatever is sustainable. Completeley remove any trace of AMD VECC(CCC) and all graphics drivers. Install 4.5 network and then GPU Drivers?

No...what I'm saying is that you have to install the new drivers AFTER you install the netframeworks. You cannot install the drivers, then install the netframework and expect to have full function in CCC. Since you have now installed netframe, reinstall the new driver suite.

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Here's my end-game update because I don't know what else to do: I decided to start from scratch and follow the directions given here:

http://puu.sh/23A1t

First thing I checked was my hardware since that's the first thing it said:

Boom, boom, and boom. Check:

-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150605 (2 of these)

-http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=crosshair+formula+V&x=0&y=0

-http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1990102&CatId=2535

The option still wasn't open in AMD VECC. So I "made sure all required external cables are connected to the graphics". Check.

I "checked the motherboard manual for additon AMD Crossfire related BIOS settings". There are no BIOS settings specific to this Mobo. Only the standard Plug N' Play set up of GPU driver uninstallation, GPU installation, GPU driver re installation, and enabling crossfire via CCC(AMD VECC). And this obviously isn't the case... so check.

I referred to this to properly uninstall all GPU drivers:

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU57RemoveOldGraphicsDrivers.aspx

I did it word for word. Once that was done, I began following these steps for proper installation of drivers and CCC(AMD VECC... seriously people... just call everything a single thing. Not multiple names. RENAME IT PLEASE AMD!!!) :

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GraphicsDriverInstallationInstructionforMicrosoftWindows7.aspx

I reach the part of it telling me I need to have SP1. So this dug up an old and buried problem with my OS. I originally couldnt download SP1 for my x64 Win 7 OS when I got it a year ago due to a bug of windows updater not being able to find the proper files... So last night, I went on a magical 7 hours journey with no sleep troubleshooting the hell out of it. After all that hardwork, I finally got it to work and I now have SP1 on my computer. I originally didn't care about it a year ago bcause it's never gotten in the way or caused a problem since. I was able to play my games and thats all I cared about.

I resumed with the instructions redownloading "AMD VECC". Rebooted to update. I then installed "AMD Catalyst Application Profiles". Rebooted to update. I then installed "Latest Beta Driver". Rebooted to update. Between each one of the installations, I checked AMD VECC to see if the option had yet to make itself available. 

...

So here I am. Everything is done. Everything is in proper order. .netframework 4.5 thingy is installed. I don't know what else to do anymore. The Crossfire option still isn't available to me... WTF?

Try 12.x.

There should be something like this:

I just grabbed the picture from the internet, so it may not look exactly like this.

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 810 @ 3250MHz | RAM: Kingmax 2x2GB DDR2 800 @ 833MHz| MoBo: MSI K9A2 CF v1.0 (BIOS: 1.D)| GPU: Asus HD 6850 1024MB (DirectCu) @ 850/1100MHz | Display: Chili Green Vision L24FHD | PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad | OS: MS Windows 95 x64 Edition

CPU: Pentium 4 Northwood S478 @ 3200MHz | RAM: 1,5GB DDR 400| MoBo: Gigabyte GA-8S661FXMP-RZ | GPU: Abit Geforce Ti 4200 | Display: Dimarson 19" CRT | PSU: Noname 400W | OS: MS Windows XP Pro, Fedora 18

12 what?

Emphasis on the "noob here" part of my thread title. I know a decent amoubt but clearly not enough.pl Ease break down acronyms and abbreviations for me.

12.x can be 12.1 or 12.2 or 12.3 or 12.4 or 12.6 or...

You know, Catalyst versions from last year.

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 810 @ 3250MHz | RAM: Kingmax 2x2GB DDR2 800 @ 833MHz| MoBo: MSI K9A2 CF v1.0 (BIOS: 1.D)| GPU: Asus HD 6850 1024MB (DirectCu) @ 850/1100MHz | Display: Chili Green Vision L24FHD | PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad | OS: MS Windows 95 x64 Edition

CPU: Pentium 4 Northwood S478 @ 3200MHz | RAM: 1,5GB DDR 400| MoBo: Gigabyte GA-8S661FXMP-RZ | GPU: Abit Geforce Ti 4200 | Display: Dimarson 19" CRT | PSU: Noname 400W | OS: MS Windows XP Pro, Fedora 18

Sinceim not home atm, allow me to pick your brain in a worst case sneario. What would you recomend after tthat  if it dosnt work?

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WAHAHLHALHALHAAA! What am I missing???? I've looked up over 50+ guides on how to install Crossfire and they're all the same. If anything, I've gone OVERBOARD with trying to install Crossfire. I've done the same freaking thing over and over again! What do I do????