Crossfire time

Jamous

Jamous

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Can you sugest some crossfire boards for either AM2 or Core 2 please, these are my upgrade routes.
Would like 2 IDE ports, budget up to £100.
TIA
 
For conroe.. I'd suggest a DFI Infinity 975x. best board for ** budget. maybe consider the ABIT AW9 MAX if u can go the little extra! both can be bought here

Asus always for AMD platforms, quality boards. try this one AM2 here
tho i'd advice u follow the intel upgrade route.
BTW have u already bought the cards? what series are u going crossfire on?
 
Will any 775 board take a core 2 cpu?

I've bought 2 X1950 Pro 512's, got one running just now, but second is keen to get started!
 
stickroad said:
Can i ask Jamous how much did them two cards cost you altogether? and how long ago?
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£119 +vat each and 2 weeks!
Yes maybe I should have went 8800, but I had only intended to buy one card, but the modder in me got the better so I bought another.
Why?
 
Jamous said:
Will any 775 board take a core 2 cpu?

I've bought 2 X1950 Pro 512's, got one running just now, but second is keen to get started!
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not really, P965, 975x, 580/680 sli are main chipsets.. however for crossfire you're really only restricted to 975x - from which the boards i recommended are!
 
You could upgrade to Crossfire much much cheaper by buying this board and keeping your existing CPU and RAM... if you ask Gibbo nicely he may even put it back on Special offer for you, since it was £35 at one point!

Suman
 
Geez I'm finding this difficult!
Looked at the ABIT board but looks like only one PCI slot, for me to use both my hard drives(ide) and both optical drives I need either 2 IDE ports or an extra PCI slot so I can use a raid card as well as my TV card.

Really can't find a board with what I'm after.
I do plan on moving to C2, but for the cost of a decent board, I may as well just get a 939 Crossfire board, though I'd like a x16 one.
Or maybe my original plan of going AM2 as I can get a board with what I want on in in that socket, but it means "side"-grading a bit. (was thinking 5200).

Thanks for the replies! Yes, screens look stunning, but I really stretched buying both 1950's so I don't think I'll be changing them now, besidees, I've done it now!!!
 
Can't seem to find a 775 board that supports Crossfire in x16 x2 mode, most seem 2 x8 or 1 x 16 and 1 x 4????
 
Jamous said:
Can't seem to find a 775 board that supports Crossfire in x16 x2
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Thats because there aren't any,crazy ain't it! not even the new RD600 can provide dual x16 slots!

You'll be told by others that dual x8 slots are currently enough for crossfire but I wouldn't pay in the region of,in some cases £200! for a board that is unable to offer maximum possible performance and future proofing for my chosen graphics setup,Dual x8 maybe enough now,but for how long?

It's a poor showing for crossfire users from 775 boards at present.
 
Yes! Thats what I thought.
So what I've done is returned the second graphics card so Crossfire isn't an issue now and it frees up my choice of m/b. I plan to see what happens with R600 before buying a DX10 card.
Any suggestions on m/b now! (lol)
 
smit101 said:
Thats because there aren't any,crazy ain't it! not even the new RD600 can provide dual x16 slots!

You'll be told by others that dual x8 slots are currently enough for crossfire but I wouldn't pay in the region of,in some cases £200! for a board that is unable to offer maximum possible performance and future proofing for my chosen graphics setup,Dual x8 maybe enough now,but for how long?

It's a poor showing for crossfire users from 775 boards at present.
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A13 spin of R600 works fine in 8*2 mode, so unless anything changes between now and A14 respin of R600 - it should be fine.

Remember, crossfire now sends data with a bridge like SLI, and I aint seen no tests with the new connector to prove anything about bandwidth limitations.
 
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