multiple gpus

[niko7209]

i'm thinking about replacing my abit av8 mobo. i want to get a new mobo with a pci express slot and also a new graphics card to fit that slot. heres my question: with ati cross-fire, or something, can i use both my older ati radeon 9600 (agp) together with a new pci express graphics card? thoughts?

[public_eyesore]

no

[Rankenphile]

Nope. The only way to currently run multiple graphics cards is to use an SLI mobo, and even then you must use identical cards.

[onelegout]

I hope im not jacking the thread by askin this but i suppose the original question has already been answered and i dont realy want to go making another thread!

Is it possible to use 2 Agp cards together?
I just got a geforce 6600GT and was wondering if it would be possible for me to buy a new motherboard and another 6600GT and run them together?
Would this double my gaming ability? I dont know anything about it heh
Cheers
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[public_eyesore]

nope only pci-e

[wingman358]

Onelegout, no, you can't use two AGP cards together. No, SLI does not double your "gaming ability". In benchmarks, SLI shows only marginal improvements.

[public_eyesore]

marginal? 20-40 percent is a bit more than marginal, plus with sli you get more aa options, making it look much nicer.

[onelegout]

ok thanks for your help! maybe if in a year or so i will upgrade to an SLI board with 2 pci-e cards, but not for a while heh
Peace
H

[wingman358]

public_eyesore, I meant "marginal price to preformance" gains. As in, you pay about 3 times the money for SLI then you do if you were to buy just a single high-end card. So that's like a 300% increase in cost (when considering the two SLI enabled cards & SLI enabled motherboard) and only a 20-40% increase in preformance. Besides, you can run current games just fine without SLI. Get what I'm saying?