sli, xfire? basic help please

djinuk205 · 2 Sep 2009 at 14:20

im looking at building a new gaming rig soon however the latest when i was building these was agp 8x, now i see there is sli and xfire, whats the diff and are they really worth it and needed to get a decent spec machine?

djinuk205 · 2 Sep 2009 at 14:30

wkd, thats what i wanted to hear, so im guessing most mobos now days are capable of twin cards.

djinuk205 · 2 Sep 2009 at 14:42

tuppers360 said:
yes they are but really depends on what you want to do?

dont quite understand, they are all capable but it depends what i want to do? as in what i want to use the pc for or ... :S

djinuk205 · 2 Sep 2009 at 15:24

ahh i see, so im guessing mobos in essence are either ati or nvidia based really.