ATI 3870 & 2600 with Crossfire - Is there a point?

[AdamTro]

Noob Q here. I just got a new 2.8 MP which obviously came with a 2600 card. I bought a 3870 and have in installed where the 2600 was. Can I put the 2600 in the other 16x slot and use the crossfire cable between the two? What would be the pros/cons of this?

I'm not a gamer, but edit a lot of HD video in FCP, use PS, AE, C4D, etc. Also want to be able to run XP in bootcamp for some Windows software.

 

[Arkillion]

You can't crossfire cards from different generations. These cards can not be crossfired at all under any operating system. Crossfire doesn't work in OS X.

 

[waiwai]

You can't crossfire cards from different generations. These cards can not be crossfired at all under any operating system. Crossfire doesn't work in OS X.

this is true