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sticky!!!


good job

n thanx to maziar..
this post realy help full for me..n another

..great job..

i can wait for your next post :D

thanks mate glad u found it useful
I have made another sticky for laptops too,its not informative,its 13 questions

do a bloody search, this is twice you have asked basic question which are already answered elsewhere a million times. Stop abusing the stickies.

is it possible to SLI 8800 GTX with 8800 Ultra ???
both cards are detected and use the same clocking (clock of the GTX) but with nHancer, its said SLI detected but i cant Enable it!!!!

Plz help!!! need an answer fast cause if it dont work with GTX-Ultra, i wanna get another Ultra before they're sold out!!

I didnt try GPU-Z and no i cant enable SLI in Nvidia Control Panel.

I read alot last night on somes forums and it's look like u cant SLI GTX with Ultra.
So i ordered another Ultra

to djthewizz:
hope u haven't lost lots of money on it

to jay:
no problems mate glad you found it useful

Glad you found it useful

no problems mate actually you answered one of my questions too, now i know its not possible to sli 8800GTX and 8800 ULTRA .
with 2x8800ULTRAs enjoy gaming

Yes it will work

Sorry if this has been posted already, or if it should have been obvious, but I want to be absolutely sure.
I have a Radeon HD 4850 from VisionTech. Based on what the FAQ says, I could get another 4850 from another maker, so long as they have the same memory and clock speed.
Is there anything else I should keep an eye out for? Is it preferable to buy two of the exact same card?

Hi Maziar,

I am going to upgrade one of my computer system to X58 and Core i7 and I would also like to have 4GPUat same time. I would like to confirm if Crossfire X can support 2x 4870X2 for 4GPU as somebody told me that Crossfire X is maximum 3 GPU.

Thanks,
Andy

Thanks Maziar

I am looking at building a new system would 2x 8800gt 512mb or 1x9800gt 1gb be better. on a gigabyte board

Maziar,
Awesome post, I thank you. It is great when those that know share with those of us that do not.

I am going to be building a new system, basically just upgrading MOBO/CPU, PSU and GPU.
It seems the links to the comparisons are for games that are the DoOM, Metal Gear, etc type of games.

Do you know if I would need to go to either Xfire or SLI on a MMORPG game like Everquest or WOW?

I really don't know how to compare that with the others.

From what I have read, since I normally play at about 1280 x 1024, my guess is that I really would not need that technology yet.

Thank you again.

Maxiar,

Would one of these cards be good?

VisionTek 900241 Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
BFG Tech BFGE98512GTXOCE GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

I know they are xfire and SLI ready, which I do not need right now for MMORPG but I was thinking that if in the future the games evolve?? Or is this just plain overkill and if so could you recommend a couple of decent cards? Right now I use a NVIDIA GeForce M440.

Again thanks.

hey! nice thread!
im lookin 2 upgrade my MoBo and Graphic card. i only want one card for now but wen i get the money ill buy a second!

im torn between CF with an ATI HD 4850 and SLI with a 9800gtx. any advice? (mobo choices is asus p5q pro CF or the cheapest SLI mobo with pc-8500 and fsb1333mhz lol)

Hi,
Pls look into this...
I have MSI HD4850 512MB on ASUS M3N H/HDMI motherboard.
The M3N H/HDMI supports Hybrid SLi(IGP- Nvidia 8300). Can i enable CROSSFIRE or HYBRID SLI....
Pls give me required advice so as to fully make use the situation..

Ya... its my motherboard... And i'm using ATi GPU on Nvidia chipset board(which support Hybrid SLi).
Is it possible for me to use Hybrid SLI or Crossfire with the IGP Nvidia 8300....

Hey nuke,long time noe see mate
Well i have a question here,i know this board has only 1 PCI-E 2.0 slot so how it supports HybridSLI ?

thanks for the information mate

So ?

Ow i didnt notice the mark on the nvidia one

So nuke,he can only run one in VISTA?
How about XP ?

Just leave it as it is, You only get 3.5 gigs of memory because your 48XX card is taking 512 megabytes of address space. XP 64(or Vista 64) would have solved that issue, but there is no problem with 3.5 gigs of ram.

You can disable the Nvidia one(in vista), but it should not make a difference.

Maziar - Under XP, at least if the board supports it(some do disable cards when another is inserted, but i doubt its the case here) you can use both, I have used ATI and NV cards together(XT1900 and 8800GTX on a 430 watt psu I am brave) before and it worked. There is a hack to make both cards run under Vista, but i am not sure how stable it is.

Both the cards work together..??? THats COOL..

I tried XP64... now it shows 4GB exactly.... thanks..

Check the benchmarks for the games you play. Some games favor ATI others Nvidia. I personally fine ATI's Vista drivers to be more stable, but it was a 8800GTX and they have worked out many bugs.