ATI vs Nvidia on an Intel machine
Monday, February 11, 2008 by tlb123 | Discussion: PC Hardware
I have WWW Link this motherboard, and I was wondering if there's any difference between using an ATI or Nvidia graphics card on it, besides SLI. The board doesn't say anything about supporting SLI, so I was just wondering what's better, SLI or Crossfire.
Also, will VIVO let me capture video?
I'm kind of confused.
Also, will VIVO let me capture video?
I'm kind of confused.
MadDeez
Reply #2 Monday, February 11, 2008 8:04 PM
Reply #2 Monday, February 11, 2008 8:04 PM
since it uses an intel chipset, i'd say it supports crossfire (ati) you can use an nvidia card if you want, tho. you just won't be able to get sli using two of them. take into account, i'm not an expert on the intel x38 chipset but i'm pretty sure it does not support sli.
Astyanax
Reply #4 Monday, February 11, 2008 8:21 PM
A single nVidia card will work, you just cant run 2 nVidia cards on that motherboard as it is for running dual ATi cards.
Reply #4 Monday, February 11, 2008 8:21 PM
WWW LINK - Gigabyte That says CrossFire, so you'll need an ATi.
A single nVidia card will work, you just cant run 2 nVidia cards on that motherboard as it is for running dual ATi cards.
tlb123
Reply #6 Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:41 AM
intel chips do crossfire, nvidia chips do sli
That's interesting, because doesn't AMD own ATI? or is it just Nvidia being stingy only wanting their chipset to work with their cards?
Reply #6 Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:41 AM
intel chips do crossfire, nvidia chips do sli
That's interesting, because doesn't AMD own ATI? or is it just Nvidia being stingy only wanting their chipset to work with their cards?
tlb123
Reply #8 Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:38 PM
Reply #8 Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:38 PM
that's what I wondered, if it was something like that, political B$. That's all right though... ATi does just as good as Nvidia, as far as I can see.
pmulcahy11b
Reply #9 Sunday, February 17, 2008 12:44 AM
Reply #9 Sunday, February 17, 2008 12:44 AM
On Vista, ATI is just as good as nVidia -- they both have equally flaky drivers. Though I'm beginning that its a Microsoft problem, since every graphics board manufacturer I can think of also has flaky Vista drivers. And a lot of scanners, and printers, and modems, and network cards, etc, etc, etc...hopefully, MS will improve this situation in SP1...
seeuhellia
Reply #10 Sunday, February 17, 2008 1:02 AM
Reply #10 Sunday, February 17, 2008 1:02 AM
No difference between using an ATI or Nvidia graphics card but better get Nvidia because All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX while ATI no and if u want sli u need to get NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI (last chipset)
Astyanax
Reply #11 Sunday, February 17, 2008 1:15 AM
lol...
Reply #11 Sunday, February 17, 2008 1:15 AM
No difference between using an ATI or Nvidia graphics card but better get Nvidia because All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX while ATI no and if u want sli u need to get NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI (last chipset)
lol...
tlb123
Reply #12 Tuesday, February 19, 2008 10:57 AM
Reply #12 Tuesday, February 19, 2008 10:57 AM
I just installed Vista Ultimate 64 on my machine with the ATi 3870 512 GDDR4 card, and the drivers worked great, so far at least. I haven't tried playing anything very intense yet, though.
scorpNZ
Reply #14 Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:09 PM
Reply #14 Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:09 PM
It's nothing if your not gaming with physx enabled pc games
http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_new.html
CarGuy1
Reply #15 Wednesday, May 4, 2011 8:25 PM
Reply #15 Wednesday, May 4, 2011 8:25 PM
scorpNZ...3 year old question...
Better late then never. 
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Reply #1 Monday, February 11, 2008 8:03 PM