Asus Crosshair IV Formula ? SLI?

[bmwbaxter]

I am looking at buying the Asus Crosshair IV Formula motherboard, and was wondering if it supported SLI. I have read in some reviews that it only supports crossfire. I am not sure if it is still that way or if it now does support SLI with a bios update? I have noticed that every motherboard with the AMD 890FX chipset only says crossfire support. Anybody know if I will be able to do an SLI setup?

 

[rickoles]

AMD chipset = Crossfire only. AMD own ATI (which is now called AMD) and thus only want their cards use on board with their chipsets. Fairly basic business strategy, annoying as it is.

I believe there are ways to get around it with a 'mod' though I haven't done any reading into it. Have a look around, otherwise grab an intel chipset as they usually support both crossfire and sli.

 

[bmwbaxter]

gahh, that sucks. I am a Nvidia fanboy but I was going for an amd mobo because they generally are cheaper

 

[rickoles]

gahh, that sucks. I am a Nvidia fanboy but I was going for an amd mobo because they generally are cheaper

Like i said, read up about the mod. Theres probably no performance loss, just a little thing you need to install.

 

[bmwbaxter]

i googled the mod and nothing came up? you got a link?

 

[QuietIce]

i googled the mod and nothing came up? you got a link?

http://xdevs.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.30

SLI is supported on AMD systems that have an nVidia chipset. I think the 980a is the latest but don't quote me on that ...

 

[bmwbaxter]

http://xdevs.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.30

SLI is supported on AMD systems that have an nVidia chipset. I think the 980a is the latest but don't quote me on that ...

In the article it said something about modified sli drivers... do you know if these drivers will not perform aswell as one on an intel board?

 

[knoxy_14]

crosshair IV extreme is coming out here in the next month or so wait for it supports SLI crossfire and have the LUCID and Hydra chip for cross GPU usage

 

[QuietIce]

In the article it said something about modified sli drivers... do you know if these drivers will not perform aswell as one on an intel board?

I don't do SLI or Crossfire - I just knew about the link from another thread I've been following.

Like I said, though, all you need to do is buy an nVidia chipset board and the problem is solved ...

 

[bmwbaxter]

crosshair IV extreme is coming out here in the next month or so wait for it supports SLI crossfire and have the LUCID and Hydra chip for cross GPU usage

sweetness. I am not going to be doing my build until christmas so hopefully it is out by then. i am just trying to do some planning.

I don't do SLI or Crossfire - I just knew about the link from another thread I've been following.

Like I said, though, all you need to do is buy an nVidia chipset board and the problem is solved ...

none of the nVidia chipsets have usb 3.0 or sata 6gb/s. i want those mainly for future proofing. so if there is an nVidia chipset amd board out there that supports those then i will get it. but for now it seems like i am just gonna have to do an intel system. unless that crosshair 4 extreme comes out in time.

 

[QuietIce]

Speaking of which: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=655496

Max. video card modes
1 card - x16
2 cards - x16 x16
3 cards - x16 x16 x16
4 cards - x16 x16 x8 x8

 

[bmwbaxter]

Speaking of which: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=655496

i already had a look at this. it looks pretty amazing! i hope this hydra chip will become an industry standard! for the high end boards at least.