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TexasVol   10-01-2007 at 10:24:48 PM

I just built a system mainly for video editing. So I bought an ebay video card: ATI RADEON X800 SE 128MB.

I have been doing some overclocking, so I put the card in my lower PCIe slot, which only runs x4 so that it keeps the heat away from my CPU.

Would I gain some advantage with this card by installing it in the x16 slot?

Should I look at buying a second one cheap and set them up Crossfire? What advantages would this offer? (assuming the X800 even supports Crossfire)

Thoughts? Quips? Rotten fruit and vegetables?

------------------------------ Q6600 G0 @ 3.4GHz (1.350v) / Tuniq Tower | Asus P5K Deluxe Wifi | 450W PSU | CORSAIR, 2x1GB XMS2 Xtreme 800MHz CL4 (4-4-4-12) | Ebay ATI RADEON X800 SE 128MB| Raptor 74GB | Antec P180 | Vista HP 32 bit | 21'' LCD
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Cleeve   10-01-2007 at 11:14:15 PM
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Crossfire is for gaming. To use crossfire you need a crossfire-certified motherboard.

Regardless, crossfire will offer you no advantage in the video-editing arena.

For video editing, a 4x slot should work fine.



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TexasVol   10-02-2007 at 02:33:29 PM
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Allow me to add to clarifications:
1) I have an ASUS P5k Deluxe which supports Crossfire
2) I am doing some gaming, but dont want to spend a fortune to get top tier performance (at least not yet :) )


Message edited by TexasVol on 10-02-2007 at 02:34:40 PM
------------------------------ Q6600 G0 @ 3.4GHz (1.350v) / Tuniq Tower | Asus P5K Deluxe Wifi | 450W PSU | CORSAIR, 2x1GB XMS2 Xtreme 800MHz CL4 (4-4-4-12) | Ebay ATI RADEON X800 SE 128MB| Raptor 74GB | Antec P180 | Vista HP 32 bit | 21'' LCD
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Cleeve   10-02-2007 at 05:50:43 PM
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If you're doing light gaming, the X800 SE will be fine.

If you want to step up, crossfiring X800's is not the answer. A single X1950 PRO for $125 will beat the living daylights out of two X800 SE's in crossfire.

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