16x and 4x or 8x and 8x?

gen.Rage1991hrv · May 6th, 2007, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by IModAmd

STOP TALKIN ABOUT CRAPPY SLI HE NEVER WANT TO HAD AN SLI CONFIG he hate nvidia so he Wants an Crossfire config!

coooooool down Imod
but a fact is that nv m.boards are beter so using crossfire on it is much faster than a regular crossfire m.board

but i think that crossfire 16x+16x
can be used on this mbo
its cheap but its great http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...Dual%20Graphic

all other mbos are 16x+4x

IModIntel · May 6th, 2007, 09:26 PM

Well, there is also the DFI skt775 with the Ati 3200 chipset on it that has 16x-16x, but i checked some reviews and people are having a lot of issues with it because its an AMD chipset tweaked to work with Intel. Right now im more considering the ASUS Commando which is 16x - 4x. Either that or i wait for a Bearlake mobo and change everything.

gen.Rage1991hrv · May 6th, 2007, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by IModIntel

Well, there is also the DFI skt775 with the Ati 3200 chipset on it that has 16x-16x, but i checked some reviews and people are having a lot of issues with it because its an AMD chipset tweaked to work with Intel. Right now im more considering the ASUS Commando which is 16x - 4x. Either that or i wait for a Bearlake mobo and change everything.

or you can take a look on sapphire solution for crossfire
they are realy good and they are using ATI chipset

p.s. dont look for best name, look for best solution and performance

IModIntel · May 6th, 2007, 09:33 PM

True, but they don't support Core 2 and that is something that i absolutely want for later upgrades. The only good Sapphire boards with the latest ATi chipset are for socket AM2

gen.Rage1991hrv · May 6th, 2007, 09:45 PM

here is abits mbo with 16x-16x crossfire support
http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/mothe...&fMTYPE=LGA775
http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/mothe...&fMTYPE=LGA775
http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/mothe...&fMTYPE=LGA775

10 days ago i was playing with the first one
on 1950?(or it was a 1900 dont know) crossfire and i can say ITS DAMN GOOOD

IModIntel · May 6th, 2007, 09:49 PM

No, it doesn't support 16x-16x. The SLOTS are 16x but when you install two cards they will only electrically run at 8x-8x because thats all the Intel 975X chipset supports, unless they have tweaked it to run at 16x-16x.

But it definitely looks interesting, besides the lack of normal PCI slots.

gen.Rage1991hrv · May 6th, 2007, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IModIntel

No, it doesn't support 16x-16x. The SLOTS are 16x but when you install two cards they will only electrically run at 8x-8x because thats all the Intel 975X chipset supports, unless they have tweaked it to run at 16x-16x.

But it definitely looks interesting, besides the lack of normal PCI slots.

i think that MAX version is working on full 16x
(all my friends are talking that max is best mbo for crossfire too bad that i have nv card)

p.s. and everest have shown that is runing both on 16x

will take a look on that mbo next time when i visit friend

IModIntel · May 6th, 2007, 09:56 PM

Thanks man, ill have to consider that. The ASUS Commando an amazing board besides the fact that it is 16x-4x. The only thing is that if you use crossfire on the Abit MAX board i wont be able to use my good sound card ill have to use the onboard. But ill consider it if it can run crossfire in 16x dual...

Or i might still wait longer and buy a bearlake mobo with new 45nm CPU.

gen.Rage1991hrv · May 6th, 2007, 10:05 PM

no prob.

p.s. why bearlake?? is it going to have all ddr3 ports or combo ports???

IModIntel · May 6th, 2007, 11:35 PM

Well some board will have only Bearlake with DDR2, other will have Bearlake only with DDR3. A company like Asrock will probably use some loser chipset and give combo slots.