Are there motherboards that are only compatible with GPU's that have NVIDIA/ATI chipsets? I had never known this, which kind of surprises me. I have no idea whether it's true or not. Is it?
Originally posted by: S7EXEN
Are there motherboards that are only compatible with GPU's that have NVIDIA/ATI chipsets? I had never known this, which kind of surprises me. I have no idea whether it's true or not. Is it?
Single-GPU: Nope. Any PCIe video card will work in any motherboard that features the slot. Ditto with AGP.
Dual-GPU: Yes. You need an nvidia-SLI based motherboard to run two nvidia GPUs and an ATI Crossfire-certified motherboard (includes Intel P965/975/P35) to run dual ATI GPUs. It's a given that the motherboard should have two PCIe x16 slots, even if the slots themselves aren't running at x16 speeds.
You can run two graphics cards on the same mobo no matter what chipset it's using, but only for driving more than 2 monitors, not for 'enhancing' performance by performing the same task together ( that's what SLI/CrossFire is )
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