Can I run my NVIDIA card on a mobo with ATI onboard?

[Guinny1986]

I'm building my first PC and found a very nice mobo/cpu package deal. The problem is I'm going NVIDIA and the mobo in this deal already has ATI onboard. The chipset is North Bridge AMD 880G and South Bridge AMD SB850... Can I still use my NVIDIA cards and just ignore the onboard ATI or will the onboard negate my cards??

 

[duk3]

You won't be able to SLI your cards, however, one will work.

 

[Guinny1986]

Ok thanks! Back to the search I guess

 

[tecmo34]

If you want SLI, you will need to go with the ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme for the ability to use SLI on a Crossfire board or pick up one of these boards...

AMD Nvidia Boards

 

[Guinny1986]

I'm not specifically trying to use a crossfire board, was just following the package deals... I've found this board that I think is good but I'm a little confused about the PCIE slots..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
Note: The PCIEX1_1 and PCIEX1_2 slots share bandwidth with the PCIEX4 slot. When PCIEX4 slot is populated with a x4 card, the PCIEX1_1 and PCIEX1_2 slots become unavailable

what exactly does all this actually mean? I'm running 2 Gigabyte GTS 450's http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125344

 

[tecmo34]

It is basically saying the motherboard is share available bandwidth between the secondvPCIe x16 slot and the two PCIe x1 slots. Due to the limits of the bandwidth, when the second x16 slot is the PCIe x1 can't be used since there is no available bandwidth. Basically, the board is a one GPU only board, IMO.

 

[tecmo34]

What exactly does all this actually mean? I'm running 2 Gigabyte GTS 450's It]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125344

It means the motherboard is 1) not a good option for two cards, as I stated in my previous post and 2) it doesn't support SLI, so you can't run your cards in SLI.

You will want to look at one of the boards I posted earlier on for an SLI setup. My recommendation would be the ASUS board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131636

 

[Guinny1986]

KK... lol I guess I'm just gonna have to shell out a little extra cash then to build the system I need. I figured as much but was hoping otherwise. Thanks for the advice