ATI cards in sli?

[Archangel]

wll, i'm buying an Albatron k8SLI mobo. but when i looked on the website. i found this.

2*PCI Express x 16 ( nVIDIA SLi technology support X8+X8 ,No support ATi Radeon X300)

does this mean i can chose between nVidia , and Ati cards with the use of sli?

 

[kof2000]

ati has their own thing called crossfire or something.

 

[spacedude89]

SLI = Nvidia

CrossFire = ATI

the arent cross compatable, but the Crossfire motherboards will be coming out soon.

 

[apj101]

cross fire should be coming soon, here is a review
http://www.a1-electronics.net/Graphics_Cards/ATI/2005/ATI_CrossFire_June.shtml

 

[Archangel]

ok, but why it says, nvidia sli supports x8 + x8? :S
im a bit confuzed about that.

 

[jjsevdt]

it uses two slots with two cards that make one image. The 8x + 8x represent the BUS speeds.

 

[alanuofm]

yeah you can only use a nvidia card with that. i believe only the 6800 and 7800 can be connected via SLI mode.

 

[apj101]

yeah you can only use a nvidia card with that. i believe only the 6800 and 7800 can be connected via SLI mode.

and the 6600 series

 

[Hairy_Lee]

doesn't crossfire involve a link outside the system that doesn't require special bios support as it involves hooking the cards up outside the case?

 

[Praetor]

yeah you can only use a nvidia card with that. i believe only the 6800 and 7800 can be connected via SLI mode.

6600GT, 6800GT, 6800U and 7800GTX as of right now

doesn't crossfire involve a link outside the system that doesn't require special bios support as it involves hooking the cards up outside the case?

http://www.ati.com/technology/crossfire/index.html