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AM3 and SLI

MentalIlness

MentalIlness

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Are there any motherboards with the AM3 socket that support SLI ?

I know most of them support Crossfire, but isn't there some that support SLI and Crossfire ?

Thanks for any info.
 
The nForce 980A is the only pure AM3 boards that support DDR3 and SLI.

There are no motherboards for AMD processors that support both SLI and Crossfire.

nVidia no longer wants to support AMD motherboards after they purchased ATI, their chief competitor in graphics.

Naturally the AMD motherboards do not support SLI, only crossfire.

This makes the latest Intel platforms which support both SLI and Crossfire very compelling.

You can still by older AM2/AM2+ DDR2 motherboards which support SLI as well.
 
Nvidia made a poor decision by pulling out of the AMD Chipset Market. It may only be 2x% of the total, but it still gives a Competitor a huge chunk of the Market uncontested by anyone.

That said, I think AMD also made a bad decision by pulling out of the Intel Chipset Market. They could possibly double that side of their Business by sticking with it. However, with Fusion coming and their Integrated Video already being top notch, I think they're expecting to leverage more CPU Sales with their Chipsets. A strategy that might already be working and may work even better next year. Seems clear to me that AMD doesn't even consider Nvidia a competitor in the Chipset Market any more and that their strategy is solely focused on competing with Intel for CPU/Platform Marketshare.
 
sandorski said:
Nvidia made a poor decision by pulling out of the AMD Chipset Market. It may only be 2x% of the total, but it still gives a Competitor a huge chunk of the Market uncontested by anyone.

That said, I think AMD also made a bad decision by pulling out of the Intel Chipset Market. They could possibly double that side of their Business by sticking with it. However, with Fusion coming and their Integrated Video already being top notch, I think they're expecting to leverage more CPU Sales with their Chipsets. A strategy that might already be working and may work even better next year. Seems clear to me that AMD doesn't even consider Nvidia a competitor in the Chipset Market any more and that their strategy is solely focused on competing with Intel for CPU/Platform Marketshare.
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the AMD cpu/GPU really appeals to OEM's selling to bussiness. Lower parts count and adequate performance. Its a win win .
 
The reason I asked was ..... Well....I have ordered most parts for Ashley in my sig, and I am a little undecided on the GPU now.

Since the GTX460 1GIG looks really good, I figured I could go SLI and get more performance than a single HD 5870.

But it seems that if i am to go SLI, then I would have to go Intel. Motherboard and CPU is what I need now...well including the GPU. Everything else is ready to go. Already have 3 parts, now I need the other three.

Decisions decisions. 🙂
 
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