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[ubuntu] Dual 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 - CrossFireX problems

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I would appreciate if anyone can help me out, for the last month I've been trying to get the 3d animations and such to work on my ubuntu system but I seem to be running into problems with the dual gpus. Its basically telling me that i dont have enough power which is false it's just reading one card I believe. If anyone has any insight as to how i can get the two working correctly I would greatly appreciate it. (Hardware)

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