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Sli question

  • 30-06-2005 09:17AM
    #1
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭


    Upgrade time coming want to get an SLI board for Nvidia and use different G cards hopefully one 6800 Ultra and another within budget.

    Is there a standard for using Diff Gpus?

    Or can they just be both PCI e?

    Whats a decent board too before i go on my research mission, preferably AMD.
    I happy long time Abit user so the AN8 is top of the list atm. Is there a diff between the AN8 standard SLi and the fatality one (besides €60)




    kdjac


Comments

  • #2
    WizZard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭WizZard


    SLi must use identical boards. Even different BIOSes on the boards can cause problems. This is from someone who has experienced this! ;)

    I would advise you to buy one board now and another, from the exact same manufacturer, in a while. It might work then...

    There have been people who have gotten boards from diff manufacturers working together but this is by no means easy, nor recommended.


  • #3
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    WizZard wrote:
    There have been people who have gotten boards from diff manufacturers working together but this is by no means easy, nor recommended.


    Hrmmph the review i read had a 6800Gt with a 6600Gt my kind of budget but with an 6800 ultra. And then upgrade the 66 to a 68 by xmas

    Must go researching more so :)

    kdjac


  • #4
    po0k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,817 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    ATI Crossfire tbh.

    I'm just hoping it'll work on an NF4 SLI board eventually


  • #5
    Dundhoone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 710 ✭✭✭Dundhoone


    Decent board : Asus an8 premium (this has a chipset heatpipe rather than the deluxe versions noisy fan + some software improvements)

    http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/product.php?productid=18564

    Some folks would go for the DFi nforce4 sli board as being the best overclocker, but it would be too much to tweak for me!!! (lazy fecker that i am)


    @ syxpak
    Crossfire could be enabled on an nforce4 chip board?
    would this entail nvidia unlocking something or giving ATi permission and what motivation would nvidia have for assisting a compeditor i wonder

    I ask because im itching to buy my new internals ,my new akasa case is sitting on a desk looking very empty! and I just can't argue against x800xl for about 300 bucks vs 6800gt for around 400 with the same performance.


  • #6
    4Xcut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭4Xcut


    SyxPak wrote:
    ATI Crossfire tbh.

    I'm just hoping it'll work on an NF4 SLI board eventually

    Is there a likleyhood of that happening because i have an X850 Pro and an asus sli board. In time could i just buy the crossfire edition of the card and update the bios and that be that


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