Does anyone here has a nVidia SLi or ATI Crossfire gaming system?

[Anusha]

Just my curiosity. So does anyone have one?

 

[Anusha]

Looks like nobody has such a gaming rig. Too bad.

 

[hydride]

Just my curiosity. So does anyone have one?

nvidia sli

 

[Anusha]

nvidia sli

So you have two cards in your system? Or just that your motherboard supports SLi?

 

[dpg]

nvidia sli

& ur GPUs are??

 

[hydride]

So you have two cards in your system? Or just that your motherboard supports SLi?

oh im sorry.i didnt saw "Crossfire".my board just sup 4 sli.intel 945 board.

 

[Anusha]

& ur GPUs are??

I was gonna ask that if he really had two video cards

 

[Anusha]

oh im sorry.i didnt saw "Crossfire".my board just sup 4 sli.intel 945 board.

I don't think Intel Chipsets support nVidia SLI. I think they only support Crossfire, but not sure even 945 supports it. To get SLI, you have to have a motherboard based on an nVidia SLI chipset.

 

[zCexVe]

I only have support for SLi.
2 X16 slots, one powered by nVIDIA C51D chipset & other by nVIDIA nForce4 SLi x16 chipset..
Just curious what would be the cheapest card duo that can have SLi with reasonable performance...

 

[Anusha]

I only have support for SLi.
2 X16 slots, one powered by nVIDIA C51D chipset & other by nVIDIA nForce4 SLi x16 chipset..
Just curious what would be the cheapest card duo that can have SLi with reasonable performance...

If you are looking at cards like that, maybe you should get a single card like 7600GT or 7900GS. They will always perform better than two 7600GS's.

 

[dpg]

I only have support for SLi.
2 X16 slots, one powered by nVIDIA C51D chipset & other by nVIDIA nForce4 SLi x16 chipset..
Just curious what would be the cheapest card duo that can have SLi with reasonable performance...

@least 6600GT in sli

 

[Anusha]

@least 6600GT in sli

No point men. 6600GTs are too old. But if you have one already, then OK.

 

[zCexVe]

So that means we hav to go for 7xx0 Gx cards?
And what about ATI?
A Q 4 Anusha..
How would ATI crossfire will perform in an evironment designed for SLi?
will they work?

 

[Anusha]

There isn't a big difference. You still encounter some titles where Crossfire is worse than a single ATI card and SLI is worse than a single nVidia card. That's either because of the lack of game's support or lack of driver support or even both. If you ask me, I'd like to have a high end single card rather two cards.

 

[hydride]

I don't think Intel Chipsets support nVidia SLI. I think they only support Crossfire, but not sure even 945 supports it. To get SLI, you have to have a motherboard based on an nVidia SLI chipset.

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why intel doesnt support

 

[Anusha]

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why intel doesnt support

Hmmm. you have to ask that from Intel It might change in the future as ATI is owned by AMD.

 

[hydride]

Hmmm. It might change in the future as ATI is owned by AMD.

it means i cant use SLi feature is that connect with m.board. r u sure that intel 945 board not suppor 4 SLi

 

[SBK]

The clock speeds are very differant in most cards, so u hav to be careful in buying cards. in desktops nvidia perform musch better than ati... sli is better than crossfire.

 

[Anusha]

it means i cant use SLi feature is that connect with m.board. r u sure that intel 945 board not suppor 4 SLi

Yeah, not even 975 or 965 support SLI.

 

[Anusha]

The clock speeds are very differant in most cards, so u hav to be careful in buying cards. in desktops nvidia perform musch better than ati... sli is better than crossfire.

hat's not always true. ATI wins in some. nVidia wins in some. I'll try to find an article where they compare them head to head.