HydraLogix Vs. SLI And CrossFire: MSI's P55A Fuzion Tested
LucidLogix forges ahead with its promise of multi-GPU compatibility across multiple graphics architectures and platforms. Today we see how its latest drivers stand up to the performance standards of CrossFire and SLI on a much more cost-sensitive board.
Benchmark Results: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
The latest Call of Duty title still shows its love for SLI, particularly when comparing a pair of GeForce GTX 460 cards in SLI to the same pair in HydraLogix N-Mode. This provides even more evidence that MSI should have left the SLI option available on its Hydra-equipped motherboard by including an inexpensive SLI bridge.
AMD pulls ahead at higher resolutions and with AA enabled. HydraLogix A-Mode proves more effective than CrossFire at producing high frame rates in this particular title.
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duk3 Looks good on the 1st 2 games and synthetics.Reply
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anacandor So basically it's just a universal CF/SLI connecter built into the motherboard? Seems odd that it's taken this long to be developed, but great nonetheless :)Reply -
Darkerson Looks like it has some promise, if they can further work the kinks out. Something to keep an eye on in the future.Reply -
punnar I can see it as a standard in the future. I think I will buy a board with Hydralogix on my next build.Reply -
Yargnit It would have been nice to see how well this works with two differing AMD/ATI cards and two Nvidia cards. For instance someone has a GTX260 and wants to add a GTX460, or someone with a AMD5850 who wants to pick up a new 6870 (damn numbering change) to go with it.Reply
Also comparing performance pairing two cards from the same generation (say GTX 460 + GTX 470) vs differing generations. (GTX 260 + GTX460)
Lastly what affect would pairing a two cards with varying amounts of memory have? (two regular versions of a card vs 1 reg + 1 dbl memory vs 2 dbl memory) Since it isn't clear from what I've read if both cards would be limited to lowest memory level or not.
Interesting tech for sure -
sudeshc this should become a standard, allowing us to enjoy features from both manufacturers. I would also be prepared to pay few extra bucks for this as well.Reply
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Maziar Overall,Lucid is a great idea of mixing different cards but it still needs quite a lot of work with drivers.Reply -
Yargnit Ah, thank you. It was posted before I was frequently following the site, I'll give it a look.Reply