Can u use 2 ATI w/ a GF as phyxs ho yes or on???

[sirmpa]

if u can please give links or tell how.

thinking of doing that for next build.

Dream PC spec any AMD Black 6 core cpu over 2.5Ghz OCed of corce to 4Ghz or higher if possible ?

No intel to hi in price for that proformas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6 core intel unlocked $3k to $5k or more no way!!!!!!!!

6Gigs of DDR3 1333 or higher of ram OCed of corce.
a hi speed S.T.H.D 50Gig or higher a T.bit mass storage HD or higher.
any mother board with good OCing spec n cooling and NO less then 3 PCI-exp.2.0 or higher card slots.

Sorry but no nvida unless they get a better card then any of the ATIs Radeon5000 cards or make SLI get 3 or 4 times better !!!!!!
3 Radeon 5870 or 2 5970 cards

Thanks 4 any help u can give !!

 

[JackNaylorPE]

From a "best card for ya money" standpoint, ATI has lotsa cards "better" than the 5xxx series. This article here has the 4xxx series kicking butt as far as winning "best card for the money" categories go and nVidia took as many categories as the 5xxx did:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card,2464.html

For example, at $155 (single card) and $310 (twin cards), the 5770 finishes in a tie with the 4870 and nVidia 260. My suggestion would be to look at an article like the one above, pick your price range and focus on that section of the article.

The standout right now of course is the 5970 as it has taken the top dog crown but at its $625+ price tag, the fact that your thinking AMD over Intel has me thinking you have a more stringent budget in mind.

Not sure what your basing the "SLI get 3 or 4 times better" on as I am not seeing those differences between XFire and SLI but to get where you seem to want to go, I'd suggest:

Twin 5770's and One GTX 260 using the technique here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-ATI-physx-patch-gpu,8786.html?xtmc=play_nice_ati_physx&xtcr=1

That should cost you about the same amount as a GTX 295 though the 295 would give better performance.

 

[rodney_ws]

I'd advise against going with ATI for your GPU and Nvidia for your PhysX. Nvidia has already made it known that they intend to break/disable that functionality. You may spend the life of your system playing cat and mouse with Nvidia as they remove that feature and you have to wait for some hacker/cracker to re-enable the functionality. Too much hassle if you ask me!

 

[sirmpa]

help please !!!

can u use a nvidia card w/ a AMD MoBo ??? saw a cheep AMD 780G board with cross-fire on NEWEGG http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157139

i can get it and new cpu [Phenom II x2 550 Bl.Ed. or Phenom II x3 720 Bl.Ed.?] cheep and add 2 radeon 4850 cards later.

will that work till i get the new vid. cards????????????


Thanks for help !!!!

 

[B-Unit]

You can use single, or 1 for video and 1 for CUDA/Physx, but you cant SLI on an AMD board. IF you want SLI then you need to get an nForce board.

 

[volks1470]

You can use single, or 1 for video and 1 for CUDA/Physx, but you cant SLI on an AMD board. IF you want SLI then you need to get an nForce board.

Just to clarify, You can use SLI on an AMD board. You just have to get one with a nForce Northbridge.

Example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130235

 

[B-Unit]

*Scratches head*

Wouldn't that be an nForce board?

 

[volks1470]

*Scratches head*

Wouldn't that be an nForce board?

Yes it is, but you said "You can't SLI on an AMD board", assuming you can only use SLI with intel boards.

The motherboard I gave a link to can use SLI and is an AMD board.

 

[B-Unit]

No its not. Its an nVidia board.

An AMD board would feature an AMD chipset.

 

[sirmpa]

sorry about the confection i meant AMD mobo w/ATI on it

this is the board i meant : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157139 will it work on that board ???

THANKS 4 the help and please send any info/links u get !

 

[B-Unit]

Well if by 'it' you mean a pair of 4850s, yea, they'll work.