I just purchased the Asus A8n-SLI motherboard. I have yet to get a video card, but I'd really like a system that's SLI ready in the future. The SLI motherboard was somewhat of a compromise given that ATI did not have any of its Crossfire motherboards out yet.
I have heard a couple of rumors that ATI's crossfire solution is not actually technologically dependent on the motherboard (contrary to ATI's claims that you need a crossfire motherboard), and thus, it may be possible to use an ATI Crossfire solution on an Nvidia SLI motherboard. Does anyone know if this is true?
I'm only asking because the Nvidia Geforce 6600 GT is fairly expensive compared to the ATI X800 cards that not only have more memory, but also typically beat the 6600GT in benchmarks. I'm only going to get one video card now (there's no guarantee I'll ever actually SLI the video card)... and I'd rather have an ATI card over the 6600GT. My max budget for a new video card is $200.
I have heard a couple of rumors that ATI's crossfire solution is not actually technologically dependent on the motherboard (contrary to ATI's claims that you need a crossfire motherboard), and thus, it may be possible to use an ATI Crossfire solution on an Nvidia SLI motherboard. Does anyone know if this is true?
I'm only asking because the Nvidia Geforce 6600 GT is fairly expensive compared to the ATI X800 cards that not only have more memory, but also typically beat the 6600GT in benchmarks. I'm only going to get one video card now (there's no guarantee I'll ever actually SLI the video card)... and I'd rather have an ATI card over the 6600GT. My max budget for a new video card is $200.