Rampage - Crossfire 2X 16X but not SLI 2X 16X?

[Born_2_Kill_83]

I bought a Asus Rampage forumla a couple of months ago, on the understanding that 16XSLI X2 PCI-E isnt possible.

With the slight dissapointment on the pricing of the latest NV cards I'm going to hold off for ATI offerings.

Am I correct in thinking that this board is capable of 16XPCI-E X2 on Crossfire? Can any-one confirm this for me course as if this is the case Crossfire ATI's are looking very promising at the moment if I can run PCI-E 16X on both cards!

 

[HeX]

ASUS Ramp Form is X48 so yes you can run 2 x ATi cards in Crossfire with both having 16x PCI-E 2.0.

 

[Born_2_Kill_83]

ASUS Ramp Form is X48 so yes you can run 2 x ATi cards in Crossfire with both having 16x PCI-E 2.0.

How come it'll do Crossfire but not SLI 2X 16X?

Looks like an NV fanboy is going to be converted to the dark side

 

[HeX]

nVidia wouldn't give Intel the licence to use SLi on their chipsets, as such you can only do SLi on nVidia based mobo's.

 

[steve258]

Only Intel that will do SLI is the skulltrail, otherwise you need a nv mobo.

 

[Born_2_Kill_83]

nVidia wouldn't give Intel the licence to use SLi on their chipsets, as such you can only do SLi on nVidia based mobo's.

O.k fair enough, Crossfire and SLI problems do worry me though

 

[psychas]

i thought u said going to buy gt280 and that u never go ati in your life and as u said u going to buy gt280 witch is really expensive the nvidia motherboard should be a peni then for u ? if u buying gt280 so why would not buy two gt280 and nvidia mob?

 

[HeX]

Way the ATi cards are shaping up anyone buying a GTX 280 is mental.

2 x 4850's (~£260) are apparently thrashing the GTX 280 (~£450) sensless

 

[Born_2_Kill_83]

i thought u said going to buy gt280 and that u never go ati in your life and as u said u going to buy gt280 witch is really expensive the nvidia motherboard should be a peni then for u ? if u buying gt280 so why would not buy two gt280 and nvidia mob?

I did, but I woke up this morning and thought "hang on though" if the 4850 in CF are anything to go by then a 4870 in CF should be somthing specail. The rampage is an excellent board, I wouldnt change it, running my Q6600 @ 3.8 with ease. Just need some GPU power, dont care what!

 

[slimsymeat]

Not everything supports CF. Some games are even worse with it enabled. All depends what games you play. http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=262&threadid=94955&enterthread=y
Gives you a list. Also Grid doesn't support CF, I don't know what other latest titles do or don't.

Hope this helps.

 

[jak731]

Snowblind-Demo.exe
Solitaire.exe
speed.exe

Crossfire is a definite must when playing solitaire