fartonmyear Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 so i know for SLI it needs two of the same card. is there a way to use different cards? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franky Posted June 27, 2005 Posted June 27, 2005 not 'yet' is there a way to use seperate cards. maybe in the furture there will be, and whats with these 'profiles'? nvidia has them and ati doesnt? hmm?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
technic58 Posted June 27, 2005 Posted June 27, 2005 im confused...wat is nvidia trying to accomplish by allowing this? i mean they must kno about all of us converting our boards to SLI ones...i dont c the connection :confused: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpuz Posted June 27, 2005 Posted June 27, 2005 its all about money and competition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest burningrave101 Posted June 27, 2005 Posted June 27, 2005 its called 'We are scared of ATI's Crossfire which requires no bridge and only one card has to be a Crossfire card and on top of that there are no 'profiles' that are required' Profiles aren't required for SLI any more. SLI works with any game now. The profiles are just used to better optimize for individual games to improve the performance in them further. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted June 27, 2005 Posted June 27, 2005 Profiles aren't required for SLI any more. SLI works with any game now. The profiles are just used to better optimize for individual games to improve the performance in them further. Eh? I always thought that if you didn't have a profile, you wouldn't see any benefit from SLI- in fact, it would be a little slower than one card, because the cards only get x8 lanes each. However, if you made a profile or used an nvidia supplied one, then the other card would kick in, and you'd have your true SLI. Maybe nV changed it- I wouldn't know, since I own an ATI video card, so please, enlighten me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joalaielna Posted June 27, 2005 Posted June 27, 2005 All this talk gets to me, I'm with angry lets just wait till me have it to see how it works! But I understand that some people love talking about this stuff and thats cool. Whatevrererer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted June 27, 2005 Posted June 27, 2005 Any current video card can only use about X6 lanes worth of bandwidth. I'm not sure what you mean by that statement "because the cards only get x8 lanes each". Maybe you can clarify since it isn't a hardware limitation. in fact, it would be a little slower than one card, because the cards only get x8 lanes each. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franky Posted June 27, 2005 Posted June 27, 2005 im confused...wat is nvidia trying to accomplish by allowing this? i mean they must kno about all of us converting our boards to SLI ones...i dont c the connection :confused: Heres something to think about... What % of motherboard sales are DFI boards? Out of that % what % is a Ultra (non SLi) model? From that % how many of the motherboard users will go on this forum for help and support? Of that % how many will view the modding topic? From that % how many will risk damaging their board, to run SLi? Think about it. Not enough of a % to have nVidia worried about you modding your mobo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KikBakBro Posted June 30, 2005 Posted June 30, 2005 haven't seen a crossfire board other than pictures and as you all know, i dont waste time with leaked pictures, info, speculation etc. When I see a Crossfire board arrive at my door via FedEx then I will take some interest in it....these days I am swamped putting in 16+ hours days fixing rigs that customers send me, emails, telephone, etc...I barely have had any time to come to the forum. btw...do you live in Boise? I like the Broncos, but I'm not a big football/basketball fan...I only like hockey (though since momma goes to Boise State, we get nearly-free tickets to the BSU football games which is cool to see in person, but sports on tv bores me to death unless it is college hockey) I agree with you AG. I just started to get into building PC's again after a 5 years away from PC's altogether for the most part, and even though the technology has changed quite a bit, the buisness models of the companies hasn't changed at all. Microsoft still puts OS's out too early, and there's always buzz about the latest and greatest technology, but often times it turns out to be a dissapointment. I don't live in Boise anymore, not since 2001. Just before they started to develop all of the foothill area. Not for a lack of trying to get up there. I just have to convince the old lady that ID is better than So Cal. It's a tough sell considering her parents own a beach condo, but I loved it during the six months I got to live there before a snowboarding injury sent me back to CA for surgery. It certainly took awhile to get used to the pace up there though. I attended a few steelhead games and had a blast while I was up there and actually got into the whole game. Being a native Southern California guy, we're usually not too big on hockey. It might have something to do with the lack of ice. Hey, do they still have that big-a$$ flourescent cross on the plateu, the one that you could see from the just about anywhere in the city. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
garybig Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 hell-o so i have mod board shows sli in post after adding 2nd card it now posts nf4 standard any thoughts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yekim Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 Does this mean we can run SLI on the Ultra-D without modding it to SLI? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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