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SLI vs. Crossfire

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padukes

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Hi All,

I thinking of getting one of the Core 2 Duo CPUs because everyone says they're the shizzle and I'd like to pair it with a decent graphics card that I can upgrade in the future. My understanding is that crossfire can use two different ATI cards, but SLI can only use two identical Nvidia cards - so I was thinking of getting a Crossfire motherboard because I can buy a decent card now like a X1900 something, and then get a different better card and use them both in the future.

Does this make sense? Is it typical?

Also, my understanding is that any motherboard that supports a Core Duo CPU can support a Quad Core CPU when they come out - is that also true?

Thanks!
Pa
 
Actually I don't think crossfire with a X1900xt and a X1950XTX crossfire edition would work.

They have to be the same model (x1800, x1900, x1950).

SlI i can SLI a BFG and a EVGA card and that doesn't matter. Although like memory it's recommended to match it.

In my very honest opinion neither solution is worth it. Unless you have to play on a rediculously high resolution, any decent high/mid range card will work fine without any SLi or crossfire.
 
As for SLI vs Crossfire, the choice would depend on what games you play and what your resolution is. If you aren't going beyond 1280x1024, get a single card and I don't think it matters. If you have higher resolution, the game makes a difference. I went with crossfire cause I want to play Oblivion. Here's another link to games and high end video cards from anandtech.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2821
 
Don't buy 2 vid cards of anything right now, in a week....DX-10 also, there is no need for 2, if you SLI, then why wouldn't you save a little money and buy a better single card model than the modelsyou were going to SLI with. (ex. Instead of buying 2 7600GT's, buy 1 7900GT for the same price). But i would wait a week or 2.
 
Thanks all - I was thinking of buying 1 mid range card now, and then getting another in several months time - Why would you wait - I thought the only DX-10 cards coming out are coming in Dec and will only be the super high end?
 
Originally posted by: padukes
Thanks all - I was thinking of buying 1 mid range card now, and then getting another in several months time - Why would you wait - I thought the only DX-10 cards coming out are coming in Dec and will only be the super high end?
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other cards should drop in price too
 
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