So, how is this supposed to work?

[alexsabree]

I wont be doing that.. i was just wondering if I will run into any compatibility issues..

Example: Vista not liking the slowness of one gpu. Or just not working at all with Vista.
But no worries, if vista doesnt work, i got xp and ubuntu laying around

 

[zedman3d]

I think i read somewhere its best to have different branded cards. Like an NVIDIA for your main and an ATI PCI just incase some drivers conflict. That right?

 

[Luke]

^it's posible that having two nvidea drivers for different cards might mess things up a bit. I never even thought about that. I would get an ATI card just to be on the dafe side.

 

[alexsabree]

^it's posible that having two nvidea drivers for different cards might mess things up a bit. I never even thought about that. I would get an ATI card just to be on the dafe side.

Well im not sure if I'm going to get the 4870 or GT280

 

[Luke]

^that could be a problem.

 

[zedman3d]

Yeah i read that they do conflict. Id say just buy a cheap ATI card, and if you do go with the ATI card it its not any substantial amount of money to buy a different PCI card, and it could be that the two cards work together anyway.

But doesnt Crossfire have the ability for multiple monitors??? I thought it was just SLI.

 

[alexsabree]

Yeah i read that they do conflict. Id say just buy a cheap ATI card, and if you do go with the ATI card it its not any substantial amount of money to buy a different PCI card, and it could be that the two cards work together anyway.

But doesnt Crossfire have the ability for multiple monitors??? I thought it was just SLI.

Nope its the other way around, crossfire will allow you to have multiple screens. SLi doesn't.

 

[Prototype]

yes if u want to have sli but multiple monitors u need to add another card for each monitor

 

[zedman3d]

Nope its the other way around, crossfire will allow you to have multiple screens. SLi doesn't.

Isnt that exactly what i said?

 

[hitmanj]

what is SLi and what is crossfire?