SLI & Crossfire question...

[noobtech]

Can you run Crossfire on an Nvidia board or vice versa... can you use a crossfire mobo to run SLi? I have my..(see specs in signature)... but was wondering about going ATI this time around.

 

[TKD]

Not unless it's implemented within a single card (e.g., x2, GX2). You might want to wait for the 4870x2 if you want to keep your current motherboard.

 

[triple]

short answer: no

long answer: wait. The x58 will have the ability to do both. Skulltrail already does both, if you're willing to pay $3k just to cover the motherboard and cpu costs.

 

[BigCactus]

3k for a cpu and motherboard is ridiculous.

 

[CamaroZ28]

3k for a cpu and motherboard is ridiculous.

I believe that would be cpuS plural. I'm not aware that skulltrail will run on just one cpu. I may be wrong.

 

[noobtech]

I'll just wait it out... my system is still pretty good for what I play these days... I'm still stuck on DX9. ^_^ Those 4850 cards just looked really good...

Oh wait, I can still get one card right? I just can't do crossfire

 

[cybereality]

Oh wait, I can still get one card right? I just can't do crossfire

Yeah.

 

[heatlesssun]

X58 with a 3.2GHz EE CPU and 4GB is going to be right around the the same price as the corresponding components in the sig rig, may a little less. That would about $1800, not cheap, but it will be interesting to see how that puppy overclocks.

As much as I want to go Nehalem I have keep reminding myself that its not going offer a lot for me at stock speeds, which is why I really want to wait for the 32nm shrink and 8 cores in time for Windows 7.

 

[triple]

I believe that would be cpuS plural. I'm not aware that skulltrail will run on just one cpu. I may be wrong.

it doesn't help they're like the most expensive cpus on the market, either.