Quote Originally Posted by dave c View Post
looks like one of my buddies spotted my issue , fo whatever reason i had both bridges connected .
You're running PCIe 2.0, and the 2nd slot is rated at x4... and those lanes are coming not from the 970 chipset but from the southbridge chip. Might not get great Crossfire performance, but it's worth a try! Hope you're OCing the heck out of your CPU!