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#1 2009-03-18 1:53 pm
- dv
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Point of condusion re: video cards?
So, I know that physically, all SLI or Crossfire need to work is the pair of PCI-E slots and some kind of bridge chip. A couple motherboards out there support both.
My question is re: those single card SLI/CF solutions like the X2s and the GTX295. If a motherboard has, say, an SLI capability but not a Crossfire capability, or visa versa, does the card use its own bridge chip to take over? Or are the single-card MPGPU solutions restricted to certain motherboards? Can the bridge chips conflict in some way?
(In other words, could I use a 4850X2 with a single slot nForce based motherboard?)
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#2 2009-03-18 6:52 pm
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Re: Point of condusion re: video cards?
Yeah, the dual GPU solutions use an internal bridge chip.
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#3 2009-03-19 3:42 am
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Re: Point of condusion re: video cards?
The Great Race, or the Neverending Story? 
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#4 2009-03-19 9:44 am
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Re: Point of condusion re: video cards?
Bat wrote:
The Great Race, or the Neverending Story?
My confusion is a never-ending story. My upgrade cycle is a great race, but only against myself.
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#5 2009-03-19 2:41 pm
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Re: Point of condusion re: video cards?
dv wrote:
Bat wrote:
The Great Race, or the Neverending Story?
...My upgrade cycle is a great race, but only against myself.
Srsly, just ask Bat.
*ahem*
You'll have a better computer than I, Orion. That won't do, that won't do at all.
(How many times I gotta ref that, anyways?)
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#6 2009-03-19 9:42 pm
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Re: Point of condusion re: video cards?
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#7 2009-03-30 8:19 pm
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Re: Point of condusion re: video cards?
Nearest vidcard thread.
Sturner, what think you now about buying that 3870 recently, with Apple offering a 4870 kit now for $350? Just curious.
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