Crossfire motherboard roundup - 975X vs RD580

jmke · 13th June 2006, 14:22

Today we'd like to take a look at nVIDIA rival's gamers' solution - Crossfire. Although SLI has been around the block for a long time now (does anyone remember the first Voodoo cards?), ATi has managed to put a decent comparable system to compete on the ultimate market - gamers. In the past year, Crossfire has gone through quite an evolution - from a product with too many hickups and unknown variables to a complete solution. Not too long ago, Intel came in this equation with his own chipsets. We managed to get three ATI's RD580 motherboards (two with ULi's M1575 SouthBridge and one with ATi's SB450) and three Intel 975X-based motherboards. How do they compare in search for the ultimate Crossfire performance?

- MSI 975X Platinum
- Gigabyte GA-1975X
- Foxconn 975X7AA
- DFI LanParty UT CFX3200-DR
- ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe

13th June 2006, 14:22	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	Crossfire motherboard roundup - 975X vs RD580 Today we'd like to take a look at nVIDIA rival's gamers' solution - Crossfire. Although SLI has been around the block for a long time now (does anyone remember the first Voodoo cards?), ATi has managed to put a decent comparable system to compete on the ultimate market - gamers. In the past year, Crossfire has gone through quite an evolution - from a product with too many hickups and unknown variables to a complete solution. Not too long ago, Intel came in this equation with his own chipsets. We managed to get three ATI's RD580 motherboards (two with ULi's M1575 SouthBridge and one with ATi's SB450) and three Intel 975X-based motherboards. How do they compare in search for the ultimate Crossfire performance? - MSI 975X Platinum - Gigabyte GA-1975X - Foxconn 975X7AA - DFI LanParty UT CFX3200-DR - ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe __________________

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