![]() ![]() If, however AMD never supports my card or others (which wouldn't make a lot of sense), then I probably would be out 100 dollars on a motherboard that does less than what I paid for, but well enough to keep me away from buyers remorse. The future benefits of buying this board would be that when I do upgrade to a newer AM2+ processor it will double by increasing my overall graphics speed. I do think the other features shine though, such as DVI/HDMI/D-Sub/eSata, to name a few. If this board doesn't support my card than it is a bit overpriced. so you can use hd 5850 with hd 5870, it will. I dream of a high dollar card to push my fps to the ceiling, but 'cheap' fixer cards and motherboards will have to do until I can spend some real money building a whole computer or buying a laptop (Hybrid CrossFireX = Puma anyone?) not true at all, with crossfire, the cards run independent of each other, the hd 5870 would not only use 1440 shaders, it will use all 1600 and the hd 5850 will obviously have 1440, the clocks run independent too, you can look at ati's crossfire x FAQ's sheet, before you ask me to prove I would ask you too google a little and the answer is there. Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H (890GX) manual states to enable Hybrid CrossFire X you need to disable the Surround View, set the UMA Frame Size Buffer to 256MB, initial display is set to OnChip VGA and connect the monitor to the video OnBoard port. My 2600XT gets reasonable frame rates at lower settings, and suits me fine for now. I can tell you ATI's Hybrid CrossFire X is complicated. ATI/AMD has recently become infamous for Johnny Come Lately drivers that save the product a little too late. The drivers they used, Catalyst 8.2 and 8.45 were not in line with other reviewers such as Hexus who used 8.3 beta for Hybrid CrossfireX tests. But I run vista on my primary computer, so it's not a problem for me.ģ. I do however see no reason not to upgrade to an AM2+ chip, once I see one that invites some enthusiasm. I have an AM2 Athlon64 X2 4400+, which I don't plan on upgrading anytime soon. Testing with an older AM2 processor (as opposed to the AM2+) will give results less than optimal. AM2+ Processor (like Phenom) which is recommended on the motherboard box makes a large performance difference in the IGP. I must note some of the issues that are brought up in that article:ġ. ![]() I laud their work and frequent their site for reviews from an engineer's point of view. ![]()
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