NVIDIA SLI & ATI CrossFire - Experiences & Opinions

Iria · Jun 23, 2006, 11:53 PM

Source: [H]ard|OCP
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We get to install, use, and abuse a lot of hardware here at [H]ardOCP. Different brands, different manufacturers, different models and many different types of components get tested under our roof. With such a large assortment of hardware that we use in real-world situations we gain in-depth experience using that hardware. For example with video cards we use them in a real world setup including unpacking it from the retail box, physically installing it in motherboards, installing drivers and software and finally using it for gaming for prolonged periods of time.

With all our experience using hardware and drivers we thought we’d give you some real-world feedback about those experiences. Recently we published our BFGTech GeForce 7950 GX2 evaluation. We spent literally over three weeks configuring and using an SLI platform and a CrossFire platform connected to a Dell 3007 WFP 30” LCD for gaming. Along the way not everything went as planned and there are positive and negative aspects we found in regards to each platform. In this editorial our goal is to simply talk about our experiences using this hardware and make some comparisons. We will dive into SLI, CrossFire, their associated driver sets, and Dell’s 3007 WFP 30” LCD display.

SFOSOK · Jun 24, 2006, 06:03 AM

Would have been nice to seen some charts of figures even, but I guess you can't ask for everything.

Jun 23, 2006, 11:53 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 74	NVIDIA SLI & ATI CrossFire - Experiences & Opinions Source: [H]ard\|OCP ___________ We get to install, use, and abuse a lot of hardware here at [H]ardOCP. Different brands, different manufacturers, different models and many different types of components get tested under our roof. With such a large assortment of hardware that we use in real-world situations we gain in-depth experience using that hardware. For example with video cards we use them in a real world setup including unpacking it from the retail box, physically installing it in motherboards, installing drivers and software and finally using it for gaming for prolonged periods of time. With all our experience using hardware and drivers we thought we’d give you some real-world feedback about those experiences. Recently we published our BFGTech GeForce 7950 GX2 evaluation. We spent literally over three weeks configuring and using an SLI platform and a CrossFire platform connected to a Dell 3007 WFP 30” LCD for gaming. Along the way not everything went as planned and there are positive and negative aspects we found in regards to each platform. In this editorial our goal is to simply talk about our experiences using this hardware and make some comparisons. We will dive into SLI, CrossFire, their associated driver sets, and Dell’s 3007 WFP 30” LCD display.

Jun 24, 2006, 06:03 AM	#2
SFOSOK -Thread Ender- Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Riverside, CA (right next to the f*ckin train) Posts: 6,873 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	Would have been nice to seen some charts of figures even, but I guess you can't ask for everything. __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!