SLI vs. CrossFire

**Hardware Secrets Team** · 12-18-2007, 12:31 PM

There has been a new article posted.

Title: SLI vs. CrossFire
URL: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/391

Here is a snippet:
"With the recent release of CrossFireX by AMD/ATI and 3-way SLI by nVidia we think it is a good time to make a technical comparison between all incarnations of these two technologies, which have the sa..."

Comments on this article are welcome.

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kabugaw · 03-04-2008, 09:26 PM

Hi! It's quite obvious from the title of my post that I'm new to the concept of the technology (and I doubt if I would ever use the same). Three questions for you guys:

Would ATI graphics cards work on SLI-ready boards?
If ATI graphics cards work on SLI-ready boards, would crossfire work in them as well?
Would say an HD 2600XT GDDR4 work in crossfire with an HD 2600 Pro GDDR3?

Thanks in advance for your patience in answering my noobish questions! Cheers!

**Gabriel Torres** · 03-06-2008, 01:14 PM

Hi,

Please read the article. All the answers to your questions are there.

Thanks,
Gabriel.

pablo NZ · 04-15-2008, 08:45 PM

Hiya,

You don't need to use both bridges when Crossfiring two cards (at least not with the HD 3000 series), and you can run CrossfireX with only 2 PCI-E slots using two 3870X2 cards (or the upcoming 3850X2).

**Gabriel Torres** · 04-16-2008, 09:05 AM

Thanks for the reminder. The problem is that at first AMD was using the name "CrossFireX" for the 4-way CrossFire systems, but now they changed and are using the name "CrossFireX" for any CrossFire system, including the old ones.

I'll try to update this ASAP.

Cheers,
Gabriel.

12-18-2007, 12:31 PM	#1
Hardware Secrets Team Administrator Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,952	SLI vs. CrossFire There has been a new article posted. Title: SLI vs. CrossFire URL: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/391 Here is a snippet: "With the recent release of CrossFireX by AMD/ATI and 3-way SLI by nVidia we think it is a good time to make a technical comparison between all incarnations of these two technologies, which have the sa..." Comments on this article are welcome. Best regards, Hardware Secrets Team http://www.hardwaresecrets.com

03-04-2008, 09:26 PM	#2
kabugaw Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 10	Crossfiring on SLI-Ready Boards Hi! It's quite obvious from the title of my post that I'm new to the concept of the technology (and I doubt if I would ever use the same). Three questions for you guys: Would ATI graphics cards work on SLI-ready boards? If ATI graphics cards work on SLI-ready boards, would crossfire work in them as well? Would say an HD 2600XT GDDR4 work in crossfire with an HD 2600 Pro GDDR3? Thanks in advance for your patience in answering my noobish questions! Cheers!

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03-06-2008, 01:14 PM	#3
Gabriel Torres Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 USA Posts: 2,553	Hi, Please read the article. All the answers to your questions are there. Thanks, Gabriel.

04-15-2008, 08:45 PM	#4
pablo NZ Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1	Hiya, You don't need to use both bridges when Crossfiring two cards (at least not with the HD 3000 series), and you can run CrossfireX with only 2 PCI-E slots using two 3870X2 cards (or the upcoming 3850X2).

04-16-2008, 09:05 AM	#5
Gabriel Torres Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 USA Posts: 2,553	Thanks for the reminder. The problem is that at first AMD was using the name "CrossFireX" for the 4-way CrossFire systems, but now they changed and are using the name "CrossFireX" for any CrossFire system, including the old ones. I'll try to update this ASAP. Cheers, Gabriel.