CROSSFIRE and SLI --- updated....

[vladmire]

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next question : unsa na mobo ang ika-recommend ninyo for SLI or XFIRE that operates at X16 + X16 and PCIE v2.0 pud. thanks...

[butitoy]

here bro.

i believe related ra ni sa ur query..

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...-2-0,1915.html

[vladmire]

here bro.

i believe related ra ni sa ur query..

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...-2-0,1915.html

thanks

next question : unsa na mobo ang ika-recommend ninyo for SLI or XFIRE that operates at X16 + X16 and PCIE v2.0 pud. thanks...

[EarlZ]

8x is more than enough for SLI, im not aware of any mobo that offers 16x + 16x. no performance gained anyway.

EDIT: just maybe the nForce 7xx series provides 16x+16x

[vladmire]

8x is more than enough for SLI, im not aware of any mobo that offers 16x + 16x. no performance gained anyway.

EDIT: just maybe the nForce 7xx series provides 16x+16x

DFI Lanparty LT X38-T2R Motherboard offers 2-way CrossFire at x16/x16 bandwidth - 2-way CrossFire + Physics at x16/x16/x4 bandwidth.

and 8x is not enough since there is x16/x16 operation. hehehe...

[EarlZ]

DFI Lanparty LT X38-T2R Motherboard offers 2-way CrossFire at x16/x16 bandwidth - 2-way CrossFire + Physics at x16/x16/x4 bandwidth.

and 8x is not enough since there is x16/x16 operation. hehehe...

Incase you didnt notice, Cross fire is not SLI.

but whatever floats your boat if you need 16x + 16x

[vladmire]

Incase you didnt notice, Cross fire is not SLI.

but whatever floats your boat if you need 16x + 16x

pls refer to my 2nd post...

[EarlZ]

pls refer to my 2nd post...

please refer to my first post and your first post.

[vladmire]

please refer to my first post and your first post.

1st post was answered by butitoy. and my 2nd post is another different question.

8x is more than enough for SLI, im not aware of any mobo that offers 16x + 16x. no performance gained anyway.
if you check butitoys link, it was all explained. thats why i replied w/ thanks and w/ NEXT QUESTION.

just maybe the nForce 7xx series provides 16x+16x
unfortunately, you're wrong.

Incase you didnt notice, Cross fire is not SLI.

but whatever floats your boat if you need 16x + 16x

dont worry, i know crossfire is different from SLI. ATI and nvidia are both different products.

so, let me revise my 2nd question.

what mobo can you recommend that offers 2-way CrossFire at x16/x16 bandwidth and PCIe v2.0 compliant. - for ati

what mobo can you recommend that offers 2-way SLI at x16/x16 bandwidth and PCIe v2.0 compliant. - nvidia

[brown_dog]

Based on the Intel side 8x/8x is not officially supported by a chipset only 16x/4x is officially supported by the P35 and P965.

8x/8x is only available in very highend P35, P965 or P975 boards. Bacause the motherboard itself has a special chip that does this.

In the P35 and P965 chpsets the 8x/8x is a feature termed by Asus as crosslinx to fix the 16x/4x bottleneck.

The main disadvantage in getting 8x/8x is its only available on very highend motherboards which in this case very expensive. Just to have a special feature to eliminate 16x/4x bottleneck. I think the Asus P35 maximus series has this 8x/8x feature.

So comes the x38 and x48 chipsets which can operate at 16x/16x which
is at par or cheaper in price compared to the special P35 8x/8x motherboards. So why buy the more expensive 8x/8x motherboards?

And also If your considering multi GPU or videocard Crossfire always scales better than SLI and has more performance gains compared to SLI.
In Nvidias end however.
1 factor "could be" that SLI scales not as good as crossfire is because SLI is just limited to 8x/8x. Hmmmm....
also ATI has superior driver improvements.

Also As I have checked toms hardware reviews 16x was better performance in HighResolution and when increasing the details.