Radeon/Nvidia compatibility

MaximusNukeage · 01-26-2006, 04:07 PM

could a motherboard with a radeon cross fire chipset (like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136165 ) function with an Evga Geforce graphics processor? and will 2 of these ATI cards http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814195002 fit in that motherboard?

34erd · 01-26-2006, 05:45 PM

It'll work fine. The only thing that would be chipset dependent to graphic cards would be Crossfire and SLi.

Yes those 2 ATI cards will fit. I see your going for crossfire... nice

MaximusNukeage · 01-26-2006, 08:20 PM

heh, not just yet. I have an eye tward the future though. and with two of those huge cards in there would i still be able to have any other expansion cards in there?

i.Angel · 01-26-2006, 09:44 PM

2 for sure...

You might want to look deeper(detail wise tha is) into how far those cooling fans stretch out.

MaximusNukeage · 01-27-2006, 05:32 PM

I'll let you guys know the reason I'm asking. I have a 2.3482 year old Alienware with me at college and an awesome new gaming rig a made myself a few months back. The Alienware is not so cool any more so I plan on ripping out the motherboard, CPU and GPU and replacing them with an amd 3500 and the parts I posted earlier a mother board with a cross fire xpress northbridge, and an EVGA geforce 7800 gt because I'm on a budget. and in the future buying a new x1900 for the alienware and moving the geforce to my other computer and using SLI. but i don't know wether or not that new ATX motherboard will fit in my old alienware case. any sugjestions or comments?

**Praetor** · 01-30-2006, 10:06 PM

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and will 2 of these ATI cards http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814195002

It'll fit but to use Crossfire you'll need a master card.

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not that new ATX motherboard will fit in my old alienware case. any sugjestions or comments?

It should

01-26-2006, 04:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
MaximusNukeage Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 26	Radeon/Nvidia compatibility could a motherboard with a radeon cross fire chipset (like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136165 ) function with an Evga Geforce graphics processor? and will 2 of these ATI cards http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814195002 fit in that motherboard?

01-26-2006, 05:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
34erd Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 15 Posts: 2,842	It'll work fine. The only thing that would be chipset dependent to graphic cards would be Crossfire and SLi. Yes those 2 ATI cards will fit. I see your going for crossfire... nice __________________ DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI DR Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1 Gig OCZ VX DDR500 DDR BFG GeForce 7800GT 160 Gig SATA HDD CD-RW DVD-ROM Antec NeoPower 480 Thermaltake Tsunami

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i.Angel Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas Age: 17 Posts: 1,200	2 for sure... You might want to look deeper(detail wise tha is) into how far those cooling fans stretch out. __________________ XPS M1530

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01-26-2006, 08:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
MaximusNukeage Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 26	heh, not just yet. I have an eye tward the future though. and with two of those huge cards in there would i still be able to have any other expansion cards in there?

01-27-2006, 05:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
MaximusNukeage Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 26	I'll let you guys know the reason I'm asking. I have a 2.3482 year old Alienware with me at college and an awesome new gaming rig a made myself a few months back. The Alienware is not so cool any more so I plan on ripping out the motherboard, CPU and GPU and replacing them with an amd 3500 and the parts I posted earlier a mother board with a cross fire xpress northbridge, and an EVGA geforce 7800 gt because I'm on a budget. and in the future buying a new x1900 for the alienware and moving the geforce to my other computer and using SLI. but i don't know wether or not that new ATX motherboard will fit in my old alienware case. any sugjestions or comments?