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I'm using Asus M5A88-V-EVO Motherboard with AMD FX-8150 Processor and 8 GB Corsair vengeance RAM.
And now I need to buy a Graphics card. What should I Buy ATI or Nvidia. Which would give me maximum performance. I need to use Dual Graphics card So does my Motherboard support SLI Bridging. Motherboards manual mentions that it supports Crossfire. Please help me :)
 
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This motherboard doesn't support SLI; only Crossfire, but not under ideal conditions either. This motherboard offers 2 PCIe x16 slots. Only one slot has 16 lanes. The other uses 4. As a result, if I were going to go with a dual-card solution, it would have to be one that uses crossfire technology and the single x16 slot.

I would choose a 7990. This is dual-GPU card cross-fired and only consumes one PCIe slot. But this all depends on your budget. They run $900 and are hard to get a hold of. So when you say maximum performance, this is the max you're going to get on that motherboard.

If you don't have budget for this, then a single-GPU card solution will also give you great performance and opens you up to the possibility of...
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This motherboard doesn't support SLI; only Crossfire, but not under ideal conditions either. This motherboard offers 2 PCIe x16 slots. Only one slot has 16 lanes. The other uses 4. As a result, if I were going to go with a dual-card solution, it would have to be one that uses crossfire technology and the single x16 slot.

I would choose a 7990. This is dual-GPU card cross-fired and only consumes one PCIe slot. But this all depends on your budget. They run $900 and are hard to get a hold of. So when you say maximum performance, this is the max you're going to get on that motherboard.

If you don't have budget for this, then a single-GPU card solution will also give you great performance and opens you up to the possibility of Nvidia cards or Radeon Cards. If you want to go in this direction, I'd recommend a Geforce GTX 670 or Radeon 7970. These run $350-$420. Again, this will maximize your performance with a single-GPU card.

Of course, budget has everything to do with where you're going to head with your selection. What is your budget?

 
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Since you said maximum performance I would recommend from the Nvidia camp a Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan (basically a GTX 680 on steroids and the most powerful single GPU currently) or a Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 ( two 680s in one) or just a 680 (Recommend EVGA SC). From the AMD camp a AMD Radeon 7990 (The best currently is the Asus Ares II) or a AMD Radeon 7970 Ghz Edition. Any of he above will do but are rather expensive $500 -$ 1200. I wouldn't suggest Crossfire or SLI due to bandwidth limitations on your Motherboard.
 
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Thanks for replay ubercake
it has solved my doubt. :)
 
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Thanks for replay Joshua Omote
 
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