Quick Question

[Alliance3600]

Ok heres the question can I put a radeon x1800xl and a radeon x1800 AIW

in a single computer and have them both work sepretly like to have the x180xl for the graphics and the aiw for media options

[glc]

No.

[barch 88]

Sorry to steal the thread for a minute here but I was wondering if I could go Dual (like SLI) with ATI cards? (512mb x1800xt i belive they were).

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by barch 88 Sorry to steal the thread for a minute here but I was wondering if I could go Dual (like SLI) with ATI cards? (512mb x1800xt i belive they were).

CrossFire

Cricket

[USMDude]

Originally Posted by Cricket CrossFire Cricket

Yeah I don't think ATi would be really happy with people thinking their dual GPU technology was SLI. Lol

[Alliance3600]

could i crossfire them

[glc]

Only if one of them is a Crossfire Edition card - and even then we don't know if an AIW is compatible. Crossfire ties them together, they will not work independently anyway. Crossfire is still in its early stages with a lot of issues to work out.

[barch 88]

Originally Posted by glc Only if one of them is a Crossfire Edition card - and even then we don't know if an AIW is compatible. Crossfire ties them together, they will not work independently anyway. Crossfire is still in its early stages with a lot of issues to work out.

Yeah, Nvidia is ahead of the game in the dual video card thing so I think with this new build Im going to be sticking to SLI. One more quick question so I don't start a thread...What cord would I need to connect both my video cards to monitor using SLI (after looking at the crossfire demo I see they use crossfire cord connected both GPU's then into the monitor).

[glc]

SLI works the same way - the bridge connector goes between the 2 cards inside the box. The monitor connects to one of the cards - I dunno which one though, never actually saw one in action.

[USMDude]

Originally Posted by glc The monitor connects to one of the cards - I dunno which one though, never actually saw one in action.

Since they operate as one I doubt it matters which one the monitor is hooked up to, a matter of preference I suppose.

[glc]

I would not assume that. I would think there's some kind of master and slave relationship.

[barch 88]

Originally Posted by glc SLI works the same way - the bridge connector goes between the 2 cards inside the box. The monitor connects to one of the cards - I dunno which one though, never actually saw one in action.

Would any monitor work? I plan on buying a LCD, but Im wondering if I need one with a certin kind of slot or support.

[Stuey]

Alliance, you can always go with another tuner such as this PowerColor one (ATI also has a PCI version), or this PCIE equivalent card.

[glc]

Originally Posted by barch 88 Would any monitor work? I plan on buying a LCD, but Im wondering if I need one with a certin kind of slot or support.

Nope, standard monitors work.

[blue60007]

Originally Posted by glc SLI works the same way - the bridge connector goes between the 2 cards inside the box. The monitor connects to one of the cards - I dunno which one though, never actually saw one in action.

There's an external cable that connects the two CF cards, and I believe you plug the monitor into the master card since that's where the "compositing engine" is.