The title says it all. Will aSaphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro video card work with a EVGA NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI motherboard. Yes I know that the 680i is an NVidia chipset and would run best with a NVidia card and that I won't be able to run Crossfire without using hacked drivers. But for $200 range it looks like the X1950 Pro is the best deal. I'm planning on moving to a GeForce 8* once they come down a bit more, or possibly the new R600 card, depends on which is the better deal. So the question is will an NVidia chipset work well when paired with an ATI graphics card.
Also since I know someone will mention this; I know the 680i is a heck of a lot of mainboard but I'm going for future proof, I don't want to have to touch the mainboard for the next 2-4 years, yet I will be able to put in faster RAM and a proc when they are warranted. So, here is what I'm looking at putting together for my rig:
Note: I asked this in the motherboard forums as well, didn't know where it should go since it has to do with both video and mobo.
Also since I know someone will mention this; I know the 680i is a heck of a lot of mainboard but I'm going for future proof, I don't want to have to touch the mainboard for the next 2-4 years, yet I will be able to put in faster RAM and a proc when they are warranted. So, here is what I'm looking at putting together for my rig:
- Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC
- Mainboard: EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 680i SLI
- PSU: Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W SLI
- Processor: C2D E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz
- CPU Cooling: Thermalright MST-9775
- RAM: OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
- Video Card: SAPPHIRE 100196L Radeon X1950PRO 512MB GDDR3 PCIEx16
- Hard-drives: 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB
Note: I asked this in the motherboard forums as well, didn't know where it should go since it has to do with both video and mobo.
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