Ati question

HigHTecHReDNecK · 11-August-07, 02:38 PM

So im thinkin of goin ATI with my new setup and was wondering ............

I know how to set up sli, but can ATI cards be set up on say an ASUS Sli board or do you have to have a crossfire board to run ttwo cards??

This is gonna be my first time with ATI cards so im kinda clueless about how they work in regaurds to linking two together ...........

deere · 11-August-07, 03:14 PM

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that you need a crossfire board in order to do crossfire, and crossfire isn't compatible to SLi.

Jobistober · 11-August-07, 03:27 PM

You do need a Crossfire-compliant mobo to run a true Crossfire setup. ATi was smart and made a few changes, like getting rid of the dongle approach to connecting the two cards and using an internal link much like SLi. Also Crossfire no longer requires a master and slave card, any two crossfire enabled pci-e cards will do... again, much like nVidia's SLi.

HigHTecHReDNecK · 11-August-07, 04:18 PM

So......... I can run ATI in any board ( DUH ) , but in order to link them , say for benching and such , i need an ATI crossfire type board otherwise , no go on two

.

Oh well , i guess one will have to do then , thanks for the info

Cpt.Planet · 12-August-07, 01:06 AM

You can run crossfirei n a intel 975x or 965 chipset board. However crossfire is the biggest PITA to enable unlike sli

11-August-07, 02:38 PM		#1 (permalink)
HigHTecHReDNecK Sophist'Hoe"cated ReDNecK Reviewer	Ati question So im thinkin of goin ATI with my new setup and was wondering ............ I know how to set up sli, but can ATI cards be set up on say an ASUS Sli board or do you have to have a crossfire board to run ttwo cards?? This is gonna be my first time with ATI cards so im kinda clueless about how they work in regaurds to linking two together ...........

11-August-07, 03:14 PM		#2 (permalink)
deere Apex Techie II	Re: Ati question Yeah, I'm pretty sure that you need a crossfire board in order to do crossfire, and crossfire isn't compatible to SLi.

11-August-07, 03:27 PM		#3 (permalink)
Jobistober P'Hoe'toshop Fanatic	Re: Ati question You do need a Crossfire-compliant mobo to run a true Crossfire setup. ATi was smart and made a few changes, like getting rid of the dongle approach to connecting the two cards and using an internal link much like SLi. Also Crossfire no longer requires a master and slave card, any two crossfire enabled pci-e cards will do... again, much like nVidia's SLi.

11-August-07, 04:18 PM		#4 (permalink)
HigHTecHReDNecK Sophist'Hoe"cated ReDNecK Reviewer	Re: Ati question So......... I can run ATI in any board ( DUH ) , but in order to link them , say for benching and such , i need an ATI crossfire type board otherwise , no go on two . Oh well , i guess one will have to do then , thanks for the info

12-August-07, 01:06 AM		#5 (permalink)
Cpt.Planet That's Mr. Freeze to you!	Re: Ati question You can run crossfirei n a intel 975x or 965 chipset board. However crossfire is the biggest PITA to enable unlike sli

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