Crossfire on SLI chipset?

Darkfox3393 · 12-24-2006, 05:45 PM

I was just curious to know if a crossfire pair of Radeon cards would work on or be compatible with the sli chipset (and vice versa for nvidia cards on xfire chipsets.) seeing as they both are similar.

floydfan · 12-24-2006, 08:10 PM

sli/crossfire boards are technically capable of running either, but the driver limits sli to sli boards and crossfire to crossfire boards.

i dont know about crossfire on sli mobo, but i know there was a hacked driver that ran sli on a crossfire mobo, however the driver is pretty old, and would be incompatible with some video cards, mainly the 7950s and the 8800 cards. i wouldnt bother with such stuff anyways, multi-gpu is for benchmarking more than useful tech unless you game on a 30" lcd.

two mainstream cards arent worth running in sli, as you can usually get a similarly performing high end card, which will not require the expensive mobo, the higher psu requirements, and heat/space issues that crop up with using sli/crossfire.

just get a high end card, and when youre ready to upgrade, sell your old card and buy a new one. if you cant afford a high end card, get a mainstream card and save up for a high end one.

12-24-2006, 05:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
Darkfox3393 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 326 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate My System	Crossfire on SLI chipset? I was just curious to know if a crossfire pair of Radeon cards would work on or be compatible with the sli chipset (and vice versa for nvidia cards on xfire chipsets.) seeing as they both are similar.

12-24-2006, 08:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
floydfan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 388 OS: win 7 rc My System	sli/crossfire boards are technically capable of running either, but the driver limits sli to sli boards and crossfire to crossfire boards. i dont know about crossfire on sli mobo, but i know there was a hacked driver that ran sli on a crossfire mobo, however the driver is pretty old, and would be incompatible with some video cards, mainly the 7950s and the 8800 cards. i wouldnt bother with such stuff anyways, multi-gpu is for benchmarking more than useful tech unless you game on a 30" lcd. two mainstream cards arent worth running in sli, as you can usually get a similarly performing high end card, which will not require the expensive mobo, the higher psu requirements, and heat/space issues that crop up with using sli/crossfire. just get a high end card, and when youre ready to upgrade, sell your old card and buy a new one. if you cant afford a high end card, get a mainstream card and save up for a high end one. Last edited by floydfan; 12-24-2006 at 08:11 PM.