SLI vs Crossfire question

[OI812]

Ok, so unless you have a nForce4 SLI X16 motherboard, SLI makes the two cards run at 8X right? So, what does crossfire do? Does it run both at 16X or does it run them at 8X each?

 

[PRIME1]

Until the RD580 boards comes out, there are no dual X16 crossfire boards.

 

[Dreadlox]

I'm sure it its 8x

And I am sure the cards are not even taking advantage of the full 8x.

 

[tshen_83]

get SLI...period....it's more stable and mature. Crossfire has been rushed...who knows what kind of bugs there are.

 

[dh19440113]

xpress 200 is the only crossfire chipset. I know for a fact that each pcixpress slot has 8x speed and in order to take advantage of x16 with a single graphics card, you need to put in the fill in board on the second slot.

 

[OI812]

Ok, thanks

 

[Mysterae]

xpress 200 is the only crossfire chipset. I know for a fact that each pcixpress slot has 8x speed and in order to take advantage of x16 with a single graphics card, you need to put in the fill in board on the second slot.

What 'fill in board'? No such thing with my RDX200 Crossfire board.

 

[iSteez]

xpress 200 is the only crossfire chipset. I know for a fact that each pcixpress slot has 8x speed and in order to take advantage of x16 with a single graphics card, you need to put in the fill in board on the second slot.

Actually the new Intel 975X chipset also supports Crossfire. If Intel is an option for you anyways !!