ati graphics with nvidia motherboard?

[bluntslide]

would this be asking for trouble or is it as easy as changing some drivers? i know someone who ran an nvidia card on a dfi crossfire board and he had no problems but would there be a performance drop or anything?

 

[Boogle]

It works fine no performance drop. Reverse is true, NV works fine on ATI boards. They have to support PCI-E standards, hence it works fine and always will

CrossFire won't work on NV boards. SLI won't work on non-NV boards.

 

[Vogon]

It will be absolutley fine
I have run several ATi cards on Nforce 2,3,4 and 680I chipsets with no problems and spot on performance

 

[bluntslide]

oh thats nice then, just looking at these 2900's getting cheaper and like some other people, thinking about switching.

 

[IceShock]

oh thats nice then, just looking at these 2900's getting cheaper and like some other people, thinking about switching.

i see you have 7800GTX's i had A single 7800GTX and going to my HD 2900 XT... WOW truely brilliant, love every second im on a game now

 

[bluntslide]

yeah well everything ive played except stalker can be maxed out in sli.i cant help but get the feeling that it wont last forever.....

 

[IceShock]

yeah well everything ive played except stalker can be maxed out in sli.i cant help but get the feeling that it wont last forever.....

True true, but dont ever buy for the future, for example you see people buying 8800s etc nvidia cards because it will be able to run "crysis" in directx 10 Wow! dx10! lol.. when in reality they will be able to play it probibly wont even get good fps maxed out graphics for example theres allready DX9 games which will bring it to its knees.

There will allways be better cards around the corner, you just got go for it and buy somthing new every now and again or you will be waiting for ever

I got my 2900 and dont reget a single second of it

 

[bluntslide]

you are so right, its a bit like trading in a car... if you choose the right time then you dont depreciate too much and find yourelf spending the same little amount of cash each year to upgrade.