Weird - running the Abit FlashMenu utility it says my BIOS is up to date, but I'm running v12. Guess I'll have to do it the old fashioned way.
--- Brian On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 8:07 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > >
