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Old 11-22-2005, 01:57 PM   #11
Cerri
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The thing that worries me the most about an SLI setup in my case, is that I won't be adding a 2nd card for at least 6-9 months and probably closer to 12, after I build the computer. SLI requires two cards that are exactly identical, including the BIOS.

I'm more worried I won't be able to find the identical card a year after I build the computer, and I definitely don't want to have to buy two new cards when I'm ready.

It'd be less of a problem with the Crossfire setup, since I only need a Crossfire-compatible card (the ones I'm looking at, the X1800XL or X1800XT) would do that easily, and by the time I'm ready for a 2nd card, I would imagine there'll be plenty of driver support/better and cheaper Crossfire Edition cards, etc.

I guess it's kind of a "6 of one, half dozen of the other" situation, heh. Seems like there's pros and cons with both setups, guess I'll just have to figure out which pros I want most, and which cons I can live with. *chuckle*
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