I have the same motherboard....unfortunatly, any bios after 12 does not support the 4870x2 (no display, although PC functions normally otherwise). I am talking to ABit about it but with their recent accouncements, I am not holding out much hope of a BIOS with all the v13 and 14 fixes in plus 4870x2 support. I am not sure if this issue extends to the normal 4870 card.
Also, nVidia made a recent announcement that it plans to drop the need for a nVidia chipset to perform SLI....So motherboard chipset isn't as integral to your graphics card choice anymore. Jason Tozer > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian > Weeden > Sent: 24 September 2008 13:02 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] [Bulk] New video card - GTX 260 or HD 4870? > > Couple things I forgot to mention. > > First, I have a 24" Samsung LCD that I absolutely love so I do like to run > at 1920x1200 (the native resolution). And the card is going in my existing > machine with a Q6600 (overclocked to 3.0 Ghz) with 4GB of RAM running > WinXP. But the key is that I have an Abit IX38 Quad GT mobo (which has been > running great) which I believe only supports CrossFire. So I think that's > going to make my decision for me. > > But I'm not going Crossfire right away and it's mostly on principle. I see > it as just a conspiracy to get twice our money. I remember way back when I > was first building machines putting together a couple of dual Voodoo > machines for people and it never seemed like a good investment to me (twice > the money for 30-40% more improvement). Also, for some reason I'm loathe to > usually spend more than $200 for a new video card, mainly because you have > to get a new one every 18 months or so. In fact, at almost $300 this > purchase will be the most I've spent for a video card in a long time. > > I guess I should have also added that I'm not a cutting-edge FPS kinda > gamer, I'm mostly strategy/RPG with a few FPS titles thrown in when one I > really like comes along. I don't really have any desire to play Crysis and > still spend a lot of my time playing Civ 4. > > I think I'm going to get one of the 4870 cards and that leaves the option > open to add a 2nd for Crossfire at some point down the line. > > Thanks for the advice guys. > > ---- > Brian > > [CC]Office[/CC] [CC]Office[/CC] This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. Clifford Chance LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England & Wales under number OC323571. The firm's registered office and principal place of business is at 10 Upper Bank Street, London, E14 5JJ. For further details, including a list of members and their professional qualifications, see our website at www.cliffordchance.com. The firm uses the word 'partner' to refer to a member of Clifford Chance LLP or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. The firm is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The Authority's rules can be accessed by clicking on the following link: http://www.sra.org.uk/code-of-conduct.page Clifford Chance as a global firm regularly shares client and/or matter-related data among its different offices and support entities in strict compliance with internal control policies and statutory requirements. Incoming and outgoing email communications may be monitored by Clifford Chance, as permitted by applicable law and regulations. For further information about Clifford Chance please see our website at http://www.cliffordchance.com or refer to any Clifford Chance office.
