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Old 30th Nov 2007, 04:00 PM
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Default SLI and CrossFire, motherboard - suport this?

i was just wondering what exactly is the difference between SLI and CrossFire?

Can this Motherboard support 2 8800 GT graphics cards
AMD Phenom Quad Core 9600+

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Default SLI and CrossFire, motherboard - suport this?

Opinions vary on differences to be frank but to the end user seeing the output on their screen? Nothing.

Both take advantage of two cards to boost gaming performance. How they do it differs of course due to architectural differences each manufacturer employs in how they design their gpu's.

You've then got to take into account the cards being used, driver support and game support.

Two 8800GTX's in SLI (for instance) will perform much better than two X2600's in Crossfire.

The motherboard will support Crossfire and the Phenom. But doesn't support SLI.

Why two 8800GT's though? Dual-monitor gaming?
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Default SLI and CrossFire, motherboard - suport this?

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Why two 8800GT's though? Dual-monitor gaming?
nah i was just using them as an example.
so can u run 2 8800 GT's on that motherboard?
from what u sed i think its no but im just making sure xD

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No you can run two ATI cards on that motherboard

Crossfire=ATI
SLI=Nvidia
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cheers guy, big help! thank you
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you probably could run like 2 nvidias if it was crossfire but it would only be good with 2 moniters
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