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<blockquote data-quote="ALPHA17" data-source="post: 1380007" data-attributes="member: 33927"><p>^^ SLi and CrossFire have lost value since --</p><p></p><p>1) now most mid-range cards can stably handle most current and next generation games on HD with a decent level of eye-candy,</p><p></p><p>2) if you don't CrossFire <strong>OR</strong> SLi within six months of purchase the next generation of cards come out with better thermal and power stats along with better cores thereby making most deals sour grapes,</p><p></p><p>3) the power consumption and heat generation in the case of a multi-GPU setup is something I don't prefer,</p><p></p><p>4) the AMD + nVidia Hybrid CrossFire / SLi configuration is by <strong>Lucid and its called the Hydra</strong>, power consumption is massive + only offered by <em>MSi</em> in its <strong>Big Bang series motherboards</strong>. For more on the same -- <a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/2844" target="_blank">AnandTech - Lucid Hydra 200: Vendor Agnostic Multi-GPU, Available in 30 Days</a>,</p><p></p><p>5) also to enjoy the full potential of a multi-GPU set-up we'll need to over-clock the CPU to remove any over-heads causing the frames to cap after a certain limit due to CPU limitations, also on a standard 60 Hz LCD you won't see a difference after you cross~ 60 fps</p><p></p><p>6) the current prices for a decent CrossFire board ~ <strong>9500/-</strong> and for SLi / CrossFire board from Intel stables ~ <strong>13000/-</strong>. On AMD's side we only have CrossFire boards start ~ <strong>7500/-</strong>, <u>the next chipset 990X will come with native SLi support so its like the good old days, nVidia 5xx chipsets (c. 2005 - 07) which were AMD exclusives and it was a good combo AMD dual Core Athlon-FX + nVidia 6xxx series cards</u>.</p><p></p><p>In the I conclude until you are a real power user, not to go for a multi-GPU set-up due to its multitude of complexities as well as in today's day and age where a single mid-range card ~ AMD HD 6850 can play most games with all the eye-candy set to high and on HD I doubt it is pretty useless to SLi / CrossFire if all you want to smoke your money OR parent's hard earned money to show off and not over-clock and break new limits. Hope this wasn't rude.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ALPHA17, post: 1380007, member: 33927"] ^^ SLi and CrossFire have lost value since -- 1) now most mid-range cards can stably handle most current and next generation games on HD with a decent level of eye-candy, 2) if you don't CrossFire [B]OR[/B] SLi within six months of purchase the next generation of cards come out with better thermal and power stats along with better cores thereby making most deals sour grapes, 3) the power consumption and heat generation in the case of a multi-GPU setup is something I don't prefer, 4) the AMD + nVidia Hybrid CrossFire / SLi configuration is by [B]Lucid and its called the Hydra[/B], power consumption is massive + only offered by [I]MSi[/I] in its [B]Big Bang series motherboards[/B]. For more on the same -- [url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/2844]AnandTech - Lucid Hydra 200: Vendor Agnostic Multi-GPU, Available in 30 Days[/url], 5) also to enjoy the full potential of a multi-GPU set-up we'll need to over-clock the CPU to remove any over-heads causing the frames to cap after a certain limit due to CPU limitations, also on a standard 60 Hz LCD you won't see a difference after you cross~ 60 fps 6) the current prices for a decent CrossFire board ~ [B]9500/-[/B] and for SLi / CrossFire board from Intel stables ~ [B]13000/-[/B]. On AMD's side we only have CrossFire boards start ~ [B]7500/-[/B], [U]the next chipset 990X will come with native SLi support so its like the good old days, nVidia 5xx chipsets (c. 2005 - 07) which were AMD exclusives and it was a good combo AMD dual Core Athlon-FX + nVidia 6xxx series cards[/U]. In the I conclude until you are a real power user, not to go for a multi-GPU set-up due to its multitude of complexities as well as in today's day and age where a single mid-range card ~ AMD HD 6850 can play most games with all the eye-candy set to high and on HD I doubt it is pretty useless to SLi / CrossFire if all you want to smoke your money OR parent's hard earned money to show off and not over-clock and break new limits. Hope this wasn't rude. [/QUOTE]
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