If I get a Mobo that can do X-Fire and put a single 7950 GX2 in it

[MrWizzard]

If I put a SINGLE 7950 GX2 in mobo that supports X-Fire am I taking a performance hit?

Let me put it this way, what would be the best Mobo for the 7950 GX2 that supports Core Duo? And OC. Can I go with the mobos that support X-Fire with no performance hit on the card?

I have been looking over AnAnds article here and all the promising Mobos advertise X-Fire not Nvidia SLI.

I have heard you take a hit from trying to use 2 Nvidia SLIs on a mobo that has X-Fire support SLI.

Thanks

 

[acegazda]

you can't use two nvidia cards in sli on an xfire board for two reasons, the drivers/bios are configured specifically for xfire, and becasue you don't get an sli bridge with that MoBo. If you want sli you'll just have to wait untill there is a nv590 chipset for c2d. A single 7950gx2, however will run fine, with no performance hit. You will have to buy another mobo when you get another card for sli though. If you only want to use one card, you may as well just get a board with a single pci-e x16 slot.

 

[MrWizzard]

Thanks acegazda the problem I am running into is my options for a Mobo that?s available now. And supports Core Duo and OC possibilities are rather meager.

So I?m trying to figure on one which of the ones AnAnds article recommends.

 

[acegazda]

If you're satisfied with a single 7950gx2 (and you should be unless you have a 30" monitor) you can get the gigabyte ds3 MoBo which has been shown hitting 501 fsb! It's a single gfx solution with a p965 chipset. Great board.

 

[MrWizzard]

Thanks!

 

[dustmann]

Originally posted by: acegazda
you can get the gigabyte ds3 MoBo which has been shown hitting 501 fsb!

kinda off topic - Do you have a link?? That's pretty crazy!

 

[LittleNemoNES]

Wow no one has answered your question (correctly atleast) yet! No it will not be a problem. In fact some benches show that vid cards run better on their competitors chipsets...sure its like 1-2 fps but its there!
The only research you need to do is to see if someone with your mobo has any issues with a GX2.

 

[Wreckage]

http://www.nvidia.com/content/geforce_gx2_sbios/us.asp
ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe

Rage3D actually ran their 7950 tests on this crossfire board and it ran great.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: gersson
sure its like 1-2 fps but its there!

sigh

 

[akshayt]

rather get 1900XT CF instead. or atleast 1800XT CF, do you know that at 10X7 MAX AA AF, 1800XT 512-7800GTX class scores sub 40fps while 1900XT took a great >70fps in a magazine review.

 

[akshayt]

infact around 33fps for 1800xt and 1900xt with 75fps, in that cases a single 1900XT>1800XT CF 512mb, anyway, as of now overall 1800XT CF should be better, right?

But this does show the might of the 1900 series in shader intensive games of the future.

 

[Nightmare225]

But we're not talking about $750 worth of graphics cards here, akshayt. The OP wants the 7950GX2, because it is, and has been proven to be the fastest single video card out there on the market today. There's no use in comparing a $550 card to nearly $800 for two cards, especially when that one card performs similarly and only slightly behind those ovens that are called the X1900XTs. Now, don't get me wrong, I love both graphics card companies, but they both have flaws, and ATI's are the size, power needs and the heating issues with their cards.

To OP: Yes, it should work simiarily,

 

[LittleNemoNES]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: gersson
sure its like 1-2 fps but its there!

sigh

Let me guess? I said something that upset you somehow?

 

[akshayt]

1900XT>300$
1900XTX>400$
7950GX2 around 550$ and up

I would rather get 1900XT + 1900 CF rather than 7950GX2

 

[LittleNemoNES]

Originally posted by: akshayt
1900XT>300$
1900XTX>400$
7950GX2 around 550$ and up

I would rather get 1900XT + 1900 CF rather than 7950GX2

Man you say the exact same thing in every post... DO you even have crossfire?

 

[TheRyuu]

No you won't suffer and performance hit.

@akshayt
I don't think anyone really takes you seriously after the "X1900XT is CRAP" thread. You claim it's crap yet you recommend it?????

*head asploads*

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: gersson

Originally posted by: akshayt
1900XT>300$
1900XTX>400$
7950GX2 around 550$ and up

I would rather get 1900XT + 1900 CF rather than 7950GX2

Man you say the exact same thing in every post... DO you even have crossfire?

Seriously, just go back to your ATI Fanboy/Hater split personality world and stop posting.

kthxbye

 

[BassBomb]

why post multiple threads about the same topic @ OP

 

[akshayt]

crap was only said to attract attention for my problem, common sense.

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: akshayt
1900XT>300$
1900XTX>400$
7950GX2 around 550$ and up

I would rather get 1900XT + 1900 CF rather than 7950GX2

Why would you rather get the X1900XT? X1900XT is crap, it really is!

 

[Nightmare225]

Originally posted by: Nightmare225
But we're not talking about $750 worth of graphics cards here, akshayt. The OP wants the 7950GX2, because it is, and has been proven to be the fastest single video card out there on the market today. There's no use in comparing a $550 card to nearly $800 for two cards, especially when that one card performs similarly and only slightly behind those ovens that are called the X1900XTs. Now, don't get me wrong, I love both graphics card companies, but they both have flaws, and ATI's are the size, power needs and the heating issues with their cards.

To OP: Yes, it should work simiarily,

I'm not even gonna botter rewriting my post, so ehre it is again. :disgust:

 

[LittleNemoNES]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak

Originally posted by: gersson

Originally posted by: akshayt
1900XT>300$
1900XTX>400$
7950GX2 around 550$ and up

I would rather get 1900XT + 1900 CF rather than 7950GX2

Man you say the exact same thing in every post... DO you even have crossfire?

Seriously, just go back to your ATI Fanboy/Hater split personality world and stop posting.

kthxbye

Who was that directed at?

 

[Bull Dog]

Originally posted by: gersson
SNIP

Who was that directed at?

akshayt

 

[tuteja1986]

Originally posted by: gersson

Originally posted by: akshayt
1900XT>300$
1900XTX>400$
7950GX2 around 550$ and up

I would rather get 1900XT + 1900 CF rather than 7950GX2

Man you say the exact same thing in every post... DO you even have crossfire?

I must agree with gersson
I am a crossfire owner but i don't really recommend crossfire to newbies as it requires a little knowldge to get it working very efficiently.

Like in a lot of games you can get playable frame rate in CF Supper AA 14x which alot of crossfire user don't use or explainning to people they have to rename the game exe ;(
Also that its very loud and consume alot of power and needs a very good PSU.

But i love the fact I can play alot of games like BF2 , HL2 , DODS at 2048x1536 with 14x SAA