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Motherboards Best Mobo for CrossFire?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by ricickle, 11 Nov 2008.

  1. ricickle

    ricickle Reamer

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    Looking to crossfire my hd 4850 soon and was wondering what the best intel mobo for this was.

    Also is it possible to crossfire a 4870 or 4870x2 with a 4850?
     
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  2. tominated

    tominated What's a Dremel?

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    x48, or x58 if you're going intel or 790FX for amd
     
    tominated, 12 Nov 2008
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  3. ricickle

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    Cheers mate might just wait and get x58 and i7 if i can afford it.
     
    ricickle, 12 Nov 2008
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  4. Jasio

    Jasio Made in Canada

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    P45 is a good alternative, it does a good job with CrossFireX and doesn't cost an arm and a leg like X48/X58 -- especially considering how X58 motherboards will be $280-300 and up.
     
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  5. bigsharn

    bigsharn Officially demotivated

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    Plus you can only crossfire it with another 4850 (with the same amount of G-RAM)
     
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  6. GavX

    GavX What's a Dremel?

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    X38 does the trick and keeps the price low since you only have to use DDR2, X48/58 needs DDR3, plus with the X38 you get 2 full PCI-e lanes where-as I THINK the P45 has only 8 lanes per PCI-e? rather than the full 16.
     
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  7. Nicb

    Nicb Let's discuss among ourselves

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    I agree with the suggested boards in other post. I thought it was worth mentioning, make sure that the games you plan on playing take advantage of "crossfire".
     
    Nicb, 13 Nov 2008
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    KayinBlack Unrepentant Savage

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    Crossfire now works async. Many people are running a 4870 and a 4770x2. No problems at all now...
     
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  9. ricickle

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    That could be tempting im getting my bonus at the end of this year so i might just get dual 4870x2's
     
    ricickle, 13 Nov 2008
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    Not true.

    X38 came in DDR2 and DDR3 varieties, as did X48 :)

    X38 and X48 are two full x16 lanes while P45 is two x8, yes.
     
    Guest-16, 13 Nov 2008
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  11. slap-o-mite

    slap-o-mite What's a Dremel?

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    asus Rampage Formula it's a X48 mobo that uses ddr2 has 2 each 16x pci slots (I got 2 of them great boards) where a P45 board will only have support for one 16X & the other slot is 8X , when crossfired with a p45 mobo then both slots will default to 8X .. if yer gonna go with a p45 mobo then get 4870X2
    the GigaByte EP45-UD3P is a Hellve O/C'er ,add a 4870X2 & yer good to go !
     
    slap-o-mite, 14 Nov 2008
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  12. punk4evr

    punk4evr What's a Dremel?

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    Best MoBo for Corssfire?

    I am using the M3a78-T , but I would recommend the M3A79-T Deluxe.
    If you want to stick to an amd all in one solution. This way you stick with all amd/ATI unified drivers....
    Works wonderful for me with a 4870.
    I really wanted someting with the newest southbridge, so the 78g was all they had at the moment.
    Nothing I would not recommend about it.
     
    punk4evr, 17 Nov 2008
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