ATI Graphics on nVidia chipset mobo

[mapiotr]

how ATI graphics come out on nVidia chipset motherboards?

 

[theprodigalrebel]

GPU performance has close to nothing to do with what Chipset you are using. Don't worry about it! Buy the best motherboard you can, and the best video card you can...and enjoy!

 

[Bateluer]

There shouldn't be any problems. It'd be a serious anti-trust, class action lawsuit waiting to happen if one GPU/chipset company created problems with their competitor's products.

That being said, you do get advantages with running ATI VPUs on ATI chipsets and vice versa with Nvidia hardware. I'm not 100% sure what you ge when you match ATI with ATI, perhaps someone else can clear that up. But on the Nvidia 590 SLI chipset, running a 7900 class GPU activates what Nvidia calls Linkboost, OCing various clocks and buses by 25%. It does appear to mostly a gimmick though and not something you should base a purchasing decision on.

Lastly, I'm running an MSI K9N SLI based on the nForce 570 SLI chipset with an ATI Radeon X1900XT videocard without incident.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Linkboost (7900GTX on 590 SLI chipset) offers nil improvements. The only advantage to sticking with Ati GPU on Ati Chipset & nVidia GPU for nVidia Chipset is if you intend to go dual-GPU in the near future.

The chipsets themselves don't offer much variance in overall system performance either.

 

[ShooterMcB]

I'm still rocking a 9800pro on a mobile xp/nforce2 combo that was so popular a couple years ago.

 

[n7]

They come out beautifully.

I run quad displays off my SLI mobo 🙂

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: n7
They come out beautifully.

I run quad displays off my SLI mobo 🙂

Size of said panels? Pics?

I've love to have a couple 20in or 24in, or even better, 4 Dell 3007s sitting on my desk. *drool*

 

[yelo333]

Originally posted by: mapiotr
how ATI graphics come out on nVidia chipset motherboards?

Fine. I ran a Radeon 9000 on an nforce2 for a long time w/out any issues. Benchmarks were perfectly in-line with what others were getting.

I believe chipset/gpu incompatibilities are mostly a thing of the past...

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Size of said panels? Pics?

I've love to have a couple 20in or 24in, or even better, 4 Dell 3007s sitting on my desk. *drool*

It sounds better than it actually is 😛

I just have two 20" LCDs + my old 17" & my DLP projector.
So it's more like three displays + a projector.
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/4403/picture0264ui.jpg

 

[imported_riciggs]

This may sound like a stupid question but here goes.

Will a board with a Nvidia chipset that supports SLI run two ATI cards?

For example I would be using the ASUS M2N32-SLI WiFi board with two ATI X1900s. Or would the cards have to both be Nvidia based?

 

[OBCT]

No. You need an SLI mobo to run two nVidia GPUs, and an ATI mobo to run two ATI GPUs.

Technically, the computer would still work if you had two ATI GPUs in an nVidia mobo, but it couldn't run CrossFire, so there's no point.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: riciggs
This may sound like a stupid question but here goes.

Will a board with a Nvidia chipset that supports SLI run two ATI cards?

For example I would be using the ASUS M2N32-SLI WiFi board with two ATI X1900s. Or would the cards have to both be Nvidia based?

Yes you could run two cards, but you can't do SLI on an ATI chipset or CrossFire on an Nvidia chipset.