Crossfire/SLI with Non-SLI Cards

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Max20D

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Hi, I'm new to crossfire/SLI and need help. This is my scenario:

I got MoBo ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium running Vista Ultimate 32bit on Core 2 Duo Processor. Recently I got another Graphic Card ATI Radeon X1900XTX 512MB PCI-e which I already have one. So, I plan to use the two X1900XTX cards on my system. I already checked the cards but found it has no connection to enable the so-called SLI bridge to connect the two cards.

My questions are:

1. Is there any way for me to use the 2 cards on my PC (crossfire/SLI) ??
2. Does the crossfire dongle will make the 2 cards works ??
3. Any new tech that enable crossfire with non-SLI cards ??

Thanks for helping.

Max
 

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Doubt it will work. I would suggest getting the correct video cards for crossfire and sli to work properly. Less problems with driver and software support.
 

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    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
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    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
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    16GB DDR667
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Max20D said:
Hi, I'm new to crossfire/SLI and need help. This is my scenario:

I got MoBo ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium running Vista Ultimate 32bit on Core 2 Duo Processor. Recently I got another Graphic Card ATI Radeon X1900XTX 512MB PCI-e which I already have one. So, I plan to use the two X1900XTX cards on my system. I already checked the cards but found it has no connection to enable the so-called SLI bridge to connect the two cards.

My questions are:

1. Is there any way for me to use the 2 cards on my PC (crossfire/SLI) ??
2. Does the crossfire dongle will make the 2 cards works ??
3. Any new tech that enable crossfire with non-SLI cards ??

Thanks for helping.

Max
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you need an AMD/intel Chipset for Crossfire to work, you cannot use a Nvidia chipset for crossfire, hence the SLI on the board. you can use 2 nv cards but not ATi, Needs to be an AMD/intel chipset.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA, Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA, WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
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    Logitech generic keyboard
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    16Mb Sky bb
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    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
Thanks, but even if I use MoBo with AMD/Intel chipset, will my two XTX cards work on crossfire?? Some says it will only work if paired with XTX crossfire edition's card but another says that can be done with software. Which one is true?

With SLI, do I need 2 identical nVidia cards?
 

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Max20D said:
Thanks, but even if I use MoBo with AMD/Intel chipset, will my two XTX cards work on crossfire?? Some says it will only work if paired with XTX crossfire edition's card but another says that can be done with software. Which one is true?

With SLI, do I need 2 identical nVidia cards?
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heres a chart from AMD/ATi http://game.amd.com/us-en/content/images/crossfirex/CF_combo_chart_July08.jpg, and no, Nvidia cards dont have to be exactly the same, they do need to be the same model number, but you can get different cards from different companies, ie/ you can get a 280GTX From XFX and mix it with a 280GTX from EVGA.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA, Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA, WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
    Keyboard
    Logitech generic keyboard
    Internet Speed
    16Mb Sky bb
    Other Info
    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
Max20D said:
TQ MrNeeds. I see no difference between SLI and Crossfire, what do u think is better?
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they both are vitually the same, personally, i would prefer Nvidia, just because of the driver issues with ATi/AMD, Nvidia tend to be focused on things that work rather than AMDs method of new stuff is better.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA, Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA, WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
    Keyboard
    Logitech generic keyboard
    Internet Speed
    16Mb Sky bb
    Other Info
    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
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