Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/ 2008-11-23T04:53:31-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2006-01-10T21:51:59-05:00 70f9 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/#369891 I am personally an ATI fan but Nvidia most defiantly pwns with prices.<br /> Nvidia's SLI capable cards are bang for your buck in a major way. <br /> I would rather Nvidia SLI than Crossfire any day for prices.<br /> And no I am no stupid fan boy trolling this site I currently own an ATI Radeon X850XT PE. text/html 2005-10-05T17:41:19-05:00 A_Pickle http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/#332583 Eh... it'd be nice. text/html 2005-10-05T10:35:36-05:00 Arsey Iervasi Perfomance Junkie Extreme http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/#332390 hey...is it so bad that i spell this way...becuz if u want me 2 stop i will text/html 2005-10-05T09:58:47-05:00 andrew kairis http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/#332385 Dear Mothow .<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> They removed that limitation, great I was going on the article on tomshardware which said otherwise, go ask them to bite you.<br /> <br /> I already said i'd prefer an SLI solution. perhaps not when 1800 is here but if it was now.... it'd be sli text/html 2005-10-04T18:39:09-05:00 D PV http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/#332005 Two 6800GTs, one BFG and the other XFX: working in SLI with the 80.xx drivers. text/html 2005-10-04T11:29:01-05:00 Rory Witham http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/#331816 Well, I am sitting here, with two cards, same vendor.. and guess what,,,, they dont work together..<br /> <br /> I will try to get hold of the drivers and see if by some reason they work.. text/html 2005-10-04T11:04:48-05:00 Mothow http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/#331806 I C what U mean..lol text/html 2005-10-04T10:23:02-05:00 D PV http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/#331800 Dear Andrew Kairis:<br /> <br /> <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://downloads.rojakpot.com/details.php?file=128" target="_blank">http://downloads.rojakpot.com/details.php?file=128</a><br /> <br /> ForceWare Release 80 BETA Download It!<br /> <br /> This driver fixes some issues found on Release 75 drivers on Black and White including:<br /> - Performance slowdown on GeForce 6 and 7 series GPUs<br /> - Texture corruption on GeForce 6 series GPUs<br /> - Adds SLI profile for the best out of box experience<br /> <br /> In addition this new driver also adds many new features for our GPUs that function properly and reviewers can immediately test including:<br /> - Increased performance for GeForce GPUs<br /> - SLI Mixed vendor support &lt;------------- Bite me. ;D<br /> - Dynamic SLI with no reboot when using a single monitor<br /> - PureVideo and HDTV enhancements<br /> <br /> Version: 81.82<br /> Driver Type: Official Build<br /> Driver Release: Release 80<br /> Operating System: Windows 2000/Windows XP text/html 2005-10-01T03:52:40-05:00 PCGEEK http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/#330654 beta version are out but very buggy. the 78.05 V2 seem to rock and have moved that direction. text/html 2005-10-01T03:52:21-05:00 Rory Witham http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/#330653 Well thats all good and well, taking a look at what people will take as the NEW dual graphics solutions some avid fan boys of ATi will wait till the ATI systems come out,<br /> <br /> I whouldnt hold my breath waiting for anything from Nvidia, Im still waiting for fixes that were due out 6 months ago..<br /> <br /> You have to think that nvidias sli may accept differnt BIOS's but not cards and then run at a slower speed setting when the graphics card are missmatched as there is hell of a lot of diffence in the video ram on cards and voltages.. so you cant really mix match text/html 2005-10-01T03:31:51-05:00 jason sneed http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/#330648 I read a couple of weeks back on either <a class="ext" target="_blank" href="/action/r/http://anandtech.com">anandtech.com</a> or <a class="ext" target="_blank" href="/action/r/http://pcstats.com">pcstats.com</a> that the 80 series of forceware drivers will get rid of the sli card combination limitation. This would be very exciting news as I currently own a SLI board with only one 7800 gtx and will look to upgrade when the price lowers on the gtx. text/html 2005-09-30T21:03:28-05:00 andrew kairis http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/#330520 of course <br /> I would buy SLI before crossfire, but even if I don't like the other canidate I feel they deserve accurate representation.<br /> <br /> Sander you do come off a bit strong to the point of it looking like you are just spreading FUD though. (I don't mean to question your objectivity but I know I have trouble writing too aggressively sometimes, especially when i've previously been wrongly attacked as you have.)<br /> <br /> However I will add that tom's missed how certain render modes won't be supported in certain circumstances. <br /> <br /> Late? Yes. Filling wild boasts? No. <br /> <br /> <br /> On the 2 cards:<br /> Most people who would get this would be informed though, its costly, as by the time its an upgrade option to keep that video system current, the sales people will have it all figured out (with regards to explaining it and figuring out which one the buyer needs) But as I said before, the assertion that identical cards are needed is simply not true. Matching cards are however.<br /> <br /> <br /> as for those late upgraders, yep right here.<br /> <br /> 1.1 celeron <br /> 384MB PC100<br /> rad 8500 (sapphire, tried the hack, it didn't work)<br /> <br /> i'd buy SLI more because I like nVidea's chipset's than anything else. (Wish they had not deep sixed the APU though. Gave creative a run for thier money) text/html 2005-09-30T10:53:29-05:00 Michel Merlin http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/#330326 The Tom's Hardware Guide's article that andrew kairis mentioned in the 1st post above on Thu 29 Sep 2005 17:42 must be:<br /> <br /> NVIDIA Is In The CrossFire (14p, <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050926/index.html" target="_blank">http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050926/index.html</a> )<br /> Conclusion: <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050926/crossfire-14.html" target="_blank">http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050926/crossfire-14.html</a> <br /> <br /> also linked in the other discussion, &quot;CorssFire an outstanding approach&quot; ( <a class="ext" href="/content/topic/49528/" target="_blank">http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49528/</a> ).<br /> <br /> Paris, Fri 30 Sep 2005 12:53:30 +0200 text/html 2005-09-30T09:22:29-05:00 Darkie http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/#330268 It's a disease!!!!! <br /> <br /> ROFL!<br /> <br /> &lt;sys specs in bio&gt; text/html 2005-09-30T09:00:23-05:00 Sander Sassen http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/49531/#330265 A_Pickle,<br /> <br /> For once I'm going to have to agree with you here, can't people spell properly anymore these days?<br /> <br /> Regards,