AMD Launches Socket AM2

May 23, 2006 8:14 AM

AMD today announced the launch of the Athlon 64 FX-62 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+ CPUs, which are compatible with the new socket AM2 platform. With AM2, AMD is finally supporting DDR2 memory. Benchmark of the new CPUs and the one or both of the new core logic chipsets (ATI and NVIDIA) can be found at Tech Report, PC Perspective, Bjorn3D, Motherboards.org, GamePyre, Hardware Secrets, HEXUS and Guru3D.

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pzilla

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May 23, 2006 8:16 AM

can you use a nvidia card on a crossfire mobo?
- frdranger
  
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  May 23, 2006 9:02 AM
  
  No, you cannot. Nvidia - SLI / ATI - Crossfire
- ShadowRam
  
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  May 23, 2006 10:09 AM
  
  I'm sure you could use 1 nVidia card on a Crossfire mobo... And I dont see why you could do SLI on a Crossfire mobo.. (SLI isn't mobo dependent like Ati)... but you definitely can't do a Ati Crossfire on a mobo that doesn't support Crossfire
  - Sapiens
    
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    May 23, 2006 11:07 AM
    
    This makes my brain hurt. Please proofread your posts so we can understand what you're trying to say. :|
    - ShadowRam
      
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      May 23, 2006 12:39 PM
      
      Sry.. I understood SLI and CrossFire as such....
      
      1) I'm pretty sure single GPU nVidia's will work on a Crossfire board.
      
      2) SLI works on any mobo with 2 x 16pci-e slots... (so crossfire mobo's will support SLI)
      
      3) Crossfire ONLY works on Crossfire enabled mobo's.....
      - Sapiens
        
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        May 23, 2006 2:50 PM
        
        Crossfire boards do not support SLI with nVidia cards. To run in SLI you need a motherboard with an nForce 4 SLI chipset.
        
        Skyburst101
        
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        May 24, 2006 1:38 AM
        
        correct me if I'm wrong, but on an SLI motherboard, you can have 1 ATI card, or on a Crossfire MB you can use 1 Nvidia card, correct?
        
        I'd kill myself if my Asus A8N Sli Premium didnt allow me to have a single ATI card(I got the SLI version because it was the only one at the time that had passive cooling for the north bridge instead of the fan everyone was complaining about)
        
        The reason is because when I got it, I was assuming that that was the way it worked...SLI means you can only use 2 Nvidia cards of the exact same type,brand, but would not conflict if there was only a single GPU of any brand. After all, it is PCI-Exprexx 16x, which is a standard.
        
        now on to the reason why I'd hate myself for getting this MB if it doesnt allow me to get an ATI card...I've been waiting for the R600 for nearly 2 years now...upon hearing about the completely redone from scratch design, not being a revision of an older card, which is what the 7x00 series is...it is a slightly revised, 2nd generation whose origins are in the 6x00 series from Nvidia, or how the x1800's are derived from the x800's from ATI.
        
        Anyone care to respond? I'm assuming that the conflict applies with 2 or more video cards, and only then, otherwise any brand is fine on any motherboard...right?
        
        thanks.