Letter "a" Fanboys And Girls

DaJMastaDaJMasta Join Date: 2005-01-10 Member: 34750Members, Constellation
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For all those letter A fanboys and fangirls, AMD just released the Athlon 64 X2 cpus, and ATi announced their anti-SLi, Crossfire.

<a href='http://www.amd.com/' target='_blank'>AMD</a>

<a href='http://www.ati.com/' target='_blank'>ATI</a>

Enjoy.
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  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    *pants come off*
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  • Black_ViperBlack_Viper Join Date: 2003-12-08 Member: 24157Members
    ATi's way of getting Duel GPUs is just connecting DVI out Via Y connecter?
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  • DaJMastaDaJMasta Join Date: 2005-01-10 Member: 34750Members, Constellation
    Im not sure how exactly, but since the motherboard has to be "crossfire enabled" im guessing it has something simmilar to the SLi link built into the motherboard.

    Who knows though <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • Black_ViperBlack_Viper Join Date: 2003-12-08 Member: 24157Members
    So if you by a Mobo with Crossfire enabled im guessing that Nvidia cards wont work on it...
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  • OttoDestructOttoDestruct Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7790Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+May 31 2005, 09:13 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ May 31 2005, 09:13 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> *pants come off* <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Its as if a million kittens cried out at once, and then were silenced.
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  • MrRadicalEdMrRadicalEd Turrent Master Join Date: 2004-08-13 Member: 30601Members
    In order for Crossfire to work you need three components.

    A Crossfire enabled mainboard, a Crossfire enabled video card(x850 XT and x800 XL flavors), and another vanila x850 XT or x800 XL.

    It's all a part to promote brand loyalty. Crossfire doesn't require any driver based game profiles and works almost "out of the box"
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  • Lt_PatchLt_Patch Join Date: 2005-02-07 Member: 40286Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-MrRadicalEd+May 31 2005, 06:31 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MrRadicalEd @ May 31 2005, 06:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> In order for Crossfire to work you need three components.

    A Crossfire enabled mainboard, a Crossfire enabled video card(x850 XT and x800 XL flavors), and another vanila x850 XT or x800 XL.

    It's all a part to promote brand loyalty. Crossfire doesn't require any driver based game profiles and works almost "out of the box" <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    So it's SLi, but using ATi cards instead of NVIDIA ones...
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  • DaJMastaDaJMasta Join Date: 2005-01-10 Member: 34750Members, Constellation
    it would be really good if a company came out with a setup that let the two brands work together.

    Too bad it would then build brand loyalty to that company....
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Lt Patch+May 31 2005, 12:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Lt Patch @ May 31 2005, 12:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> So it's SLi, but using ATi cards instead of NVIDIA ones... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Except only 1 of the cards needs to be Crossfire enabled, not both. Great news to the current X850 users <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • [WHO]Them[WHO]Them You can call me Dave Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10593Members, Constellation
    having 2 different cards sounds like it's asking for trouble to me. You get the lowest common denominator when the game is sampling feature support. And if the results look slightly different, won't you get visible blockiness in your picture?

    I think that it may *support* having 2 different cards, but in practice you'll have to get the same chipset to avoid problems.
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  • DaJMastaDaJMasta Join Date: 2005-01-10 Member: 34750Members, Constellation
    when games get better though it may become more useful. Use the newer card for final shader passes and the high res textures, then use the older one for geometry and detail textures or some such. You could actually break up the workload pretty well if it was done right.

    The nice thing is though, since it only works on x800 cards and up.....the "lowest common denominator" will be good anyways <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • Sub_zer0Sub_zer0 Join Date: 2004-05-09 Member: 28569Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-OttoDestruct+May 31 2005, 01:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (OttoDestruct @ May 31 2005, 01:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+May 31 2005, 09:13 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ May 31 2005, 09:13 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> *pants come off* <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Its as if a million kittens cried out at once, and then were silenced. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    *jaw drops*

    ARGHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

    *runs*
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