ATi 4850 in a 680i LT board

[ModeEngage]

So I've got this XFX680 LT board sitting around that I bought six months ago to put together a computer with. I ran out of money and never got it done.

Recently, I've scraped together enough cash for the rest of the computer. I'd like to put a 4850-based card in there, so long as I won't see crippled performance.

So, what are people's experiences with ATi cards in nVidia-powered motherboards?

 

[BlueAcolyte]

It shouldn't matter, the slot on the motherboard is just a slot. It doesn't know what is made by who.

 

[ModeEngage]

That's what I figured as well, just wanted to run it by the forum quick-like to make sure I wasn't missing something stupid.

 

[taltamir]

it could have theoretical compatibility issues, so he was correct to ask...

That being said. Never heard of any such issues.

 

[Bateluer]

I've been running ATI cards in my 680i board since the X1900 and never had a problem. Obviously, I can't use SLI or Nvidia's autoOC features, but those aren't any big loss.

Nvidia would have had a massive class action lawsuit on their hands, as well as non existent sales of their chipsets if they disallowed other vendor's GPUs on their boards. Their chipsets aren't exactly the greatest to begin with.

 

[Jessica69]

Originally posted by: taltamir
it could have theoretical compatibility issues, so he was correct to ask...

That being said. Never heard of any such issues.

And you answered that "theoretical" issue yourself, didn't you? A PCI-e slot is a PCI-e slot...4X, 8X, 16X. That's about the only difference in any full length PCI-e slots. "Theoretical compatibility issues" my butt. Only an "I gotta be as nitpicky and literal as possible" teenager could possibly come up with that nonsense.

 

[Nathelion]

Originally posted by: Jessica69

Originally posted by: taltamir
it could have theoretical compatibility issues, so he was correct to ask...

That being said. Never heard of any such issues.

And you answered that "theoretical" issue yourself, didn't you? A PCI-e slot is a PCI-e slot...4X, 8X, 16X. That's about the only difference in any full length PCI-e slots. "Theoretical compatibility issues" my butt. Only an "I gotta be as nitpicky and literal as possible" teenager could possibly come up with that nonsense.

No offense, but you're a dumbass. PCI-e has been relatively exempt, but there are constantly issues with "standard XXX-compliant" hardware from one vendor having bugs and glitches with hardware from another vendor. Besides it is patently false that the PCI-e controller "doesn't know what card is in it"... how else would nVidia be able to lock out CrossFire on their motherboards?

 

[betasub]

The question is about cross-matching parts from rival makers:

Originally posted by: n30
So, what are people's experiences with ATi cards in nVidia-powered motherboards?

Thankfully the motherboard won't spit out its dummy and demand you install a TWIMTBP gfx card instead

 

[Cuular]

Originally posted by: Nathelion

Originally posted by: Jessica69

Originally posted by: taltamir
it could have theoretical compatibility issues, so he was correct to ask...

That being said. Never heard of any such issues.

And you answered that "theoretical" issue yourself, didn't you? A PCI-e slot is a PCI-e slot...4X, 8X, 16X. That's about the only difference in any full length PCI-e slots. "Theoretical compatibility issues" my butt. Only an "I gotta be as nitpicky and literal as possible" teenager could possibly come up with that nonsense.

No offense, but you're a dumbass. PCI-e has been relatively exempt, but there are constantly issues with "standard XXX-compliant" hardware from one vendor having bugs and glitches with hardware from another vendor. Besides it is patently false that the PCI-e controller "doesn't know what card is in it"... how else would nVidia be able to lock out CrossFire on their motherboards?

Actually I'll have to say you're the dumbass. The PCI-e slot itself has no idea what card is in it. The motherboards bios can check that and do the auto-overclocking based on the type of card. But the slot itself doesn't have that level of smarts. The slot itself is pretty simple. Transfer data from what's plugged into it, to whatever spot in memory it's told to, and to read data from some spot in memory onto whatever spot on the device in it, it's supposed to.

 

[SlowSpyder]

I used my 2900Pro in my Nforce 4 board without any problems at all. I don't think you'll run into any problems until you try to run Crossfire/SLI in a different chipset, but one card should work regardless.