Foolish question

[Seany1212]

This is probably an idiotic question but here goes, i am trying to buy a new cpu, mobo and gfx card, now problem being is i have 3800+ x2 in my shopping cart (havent brought anything yet) and a X1900XT, now for the problem, this has come to so far £320ish i now only have 40-60 left to spend on a mobo and was looking in the region of a crossfire (for upgrading purposes) now nearly all the crossfire mobos are much more expensive than that with the exception of an ASUS A8R-MVP but it halves the bandwith when you put a second card in, now some SLI mobos are in my price range (heres the nooby bit) can i still use one x1900 in the sli mobo, and is it POSSIBLE to stick in a second (for a slight performance increase)?

[ktr]

yes, you can use 1 x1900 in an sli mobo. it is not possible to stick a second card. can be possible to operate two cards seperatly (non crossfire config), but you wont get anything out of that(perfomance wise).

[xman2007]

you can buy my system for £400 :toast:

[Seany1212]

no thanks i can get it all new and x1900xt for your price :D

[xman2007]

lmao what case, mobo, ram, cpu, dvd-rw, audigy, 330gb, etc etc etc i think not :shadedshu no would of been sufficient lol

[Seany1212]

lol sorry, too tired, yea suppose that is definitely worth it, just not what im after, sorry :o

[xman2007]

lol sorry, too tired, yea suppose that is definitely worth it, just not what im after, sorry :o


lol thats cool was messin anyway, never happy with my current hardware no matter how many times i upgrade :wtf: lol is a beast compared to my last 1 i sold to upgrade
p4 515 2.93 @ 3.4
1gb ddr 400
9800se@9800pro
etc etc

im tempted to move to conroe, only thing is apart from cpu to get my current spec (ie: audigy 2, 330gb, x1600pro, a/c freezer 64pro etc etc ) id have to sell this to get the basic mobo, cpu and ddr2 ram case etc and then fork out another 150-£200 just for the xtras :cry: damn ati, intel, AMD, nvidia etc lol they make me drool on a daily basis



late new years resolution, i will be happy with my current setup, i will be happy with my current setup.

:ohwell: ok jus went on a crazy 1 im better now honestly :p :roll:

[xman2007]

anyway b4 i completly hijack your post with my crazy rantings, you can pick up crossfire boards on ebay for around £50-£60 you probably know this anyway, imo xfire is dearer than sli :banghead: (im also ati )





http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Asus-A8R-MVP-Crossfire-in-Perfect-working-order_W0QQitemZ180023645080QQihZ008QQcategoryZ9924 5QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem heres 1 only on £40 :rockout:

just been looking at that, features dont look too bad either good oc potential if thats what you want, if not its asrock which will be good n stable anyway

[Azn Tr14dZ]

I was going to get that motherbaord, since it was $50 off w/ a 3200+, but went w/ Jetway instead, then DFI. It seems like a good, solid board w/ decent overclocking.

[Thermopylae_480]

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[Seany1212]

no well it is a foolish question to the more intellectual people on this forum.