Okay, so I'm building a PC, eh, and I'm not really to sure what I want to be doing at the moment. I've already ordered my motherboard, processor, and graphics card. I've sort've reached an unfortunate dilemma, too. I realized that my graphics card (an HIS Radeon X800 GTO - 256 MB DDR3 PCI-E) supports CrossFire, where as my motherboard does NOT. I have a convenient way for me to actually get a CrossFire motherboard (it won't cost me anything, really), but I'm wondering, is it worth it? Will my single card do me enough service for now, or will my experience be that much better CrossFiring two cards?
I have an income tax return coming, so I was thinking of spending that cash on getting the second graphics card. It's just, CrossFire motherboards seem few and far between, and I'm not too sure if I'll encounter many problems with them. I read reviews on sites like newegg and even here, but they're skeptical and mixed.
I'm just pretty confused about what I should do, that's all. Here's what I've ordered thus far... customer reviews on these products have been great, that's why I ordered them. The mixed reviews on the CrossFire boards concern me, that's all. Any opinions or suggestions would be great:
ASUS A8N5X Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131569
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz HT 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535
HIS X800GTO 256MB PCIe
http://www.hisdigital.com/html/product_ov.php?id=197&view=yes
Thanks in advance for any advice. And yeah, I'm a newbie.
I have an income tax return coming, so I was thinking of spending that cash on getting the second graphics card. It's just, CrossFire motherboards seem few and far between, and I'm not too sure if I'll encounter many problems with them. I read reviews on sites like newegg and even here, but they're skeptical and mixed.
I'm just pretty confused about what I should do, that's all. Here's what I've ordered thus far... customer reviews on these products have been great, that's why I ordered them. The mixed reviews on the CrossFire boards concern me, that's all. Any opinions or suggestions would be great:
ASUS A8N5X Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131569
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz HT 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535
HIS X800GTO 256MB PCIe
http://www.hisdigital.com/html/product_ov.php?id=197&view=yes
Thanks in advance for any advice. And yeah, I'm a newbie.