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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / July 2006Crossfire or SLi?
Hi Guys, I need some questions answering about Crossfire and Sli: 1) Do either need games specifically designed to utilise the technology (will HL2 run)? 2) I have read several reviews of Crossfire, which suggest it can be a bugger to set up - is it problematic at this stage? 3) When considering Motherboards are there any known to be less problematic than the rest? Make sure you have a hefty PSU! My crossfire setup with no problems at all. runs a bit hot with an x-fi and physx card in- got to watercool it > Make sure you have a hefty PSU! My crossfire setup with no problems at > all. runs a bit hot with an x-fi and physx card in- got to watercool it Thanks I was just wondering which one would provide the easiest set-up for a homebuild. Big PSU - check Water Cooling - check > Hi Guys, > > I need some questions answering about Crossfire and Sli: > > 1) Do either need games specifically designed to utilise the technology > (will HL2 run)? Games do not need to be designed to use crossfire/sli. Direct X and the device drivers take care of that. > 2) I have read several reviews of Crossfire, which suggest it can be a > bugger to set up - is it problematic at this stage? I think its easier now that some models don`t need a controller card to work in crossfire mode. SLI seems to be the most bug free version of 2 card gaming and you could go to 4 gpu`s with nvidia too. > 3) When considering Motherboards are there any known to be less > problematic than the rest? Like i said above, SLI seems to be pretty sorted and crossfire seems to be much better now that ati have a new controller chip for motherboards. search google for reviews of crossfire motherboards. "> Like i said above, SLI seems to be pretty sorted and crossfire seems to be > much better now that ati have a new controller chip for motherboards. > search google for reviews of crossfire motherboards. Yeah, having to mess with control-cards did seem like a potential stumbling-block for me. Four cards - now that is something to think/fantasize about. re: Four cards - now that is something to think/fantasize about. And a 1KW PSU to run it!! > re: Four cards - now that is something to think/fantasize about. > > And a 1KW PSU to run it!! LOL! > Hi Guys, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > 3) When considering Motherboards are there any known to be less > problematic than the rest? If you were planning on buying/building an SLI set up all at once (rather than buying one card now and a second one later) check out the new GeForce 7950 GX2. It puts 2 GPUs on a single card, saving space and money, over two separate cards. Then you can dream about quad :-). Bob |
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