XPS 630 both Crossfire and SLI

XPS 630 both Crossfire and SLI

How do they do this on an Nvidia 650i SLI chipset. From the Dell web site:
"The XPS 630 supports single & dual graphics options from both Nvidia® &
ATIT including Nvidia® SLiT & ATIT CrossfireT dual graphics. With dual
graphics, two graphics cards can run in parallel to act as one monstrously
powerful card."

"Keith" <keithtucaz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:jfGdnbCHsOyVto7VnZ2dnUVZ_hWdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> XPS 630 both Crossfire and SLI
>
> How do they do this on an Nvidia 650i SLI chipset. From the Dell web site:
> "The XPS 630 supports single & dual graphics options from both Nvidia® &
> ATIT including Nvidia® SLiT & ATIT CrossfireT dual graphics. With dual
> graphics, two graphics cards can run in parallel to act as one monstrously
> powerful card."
>


I don't know, but I'd do a search on that NVidia chipset for the answer.

The pedestrian answer is that it makes sense for NVidia to design the
chipset to accomodate either - specifically for Dell OEM systems - or maybe
even for retail boards, if the goal is to sell more system boards.

I would guess the cost of such a retail board with those SLi /Crossfire
capabilities would be a fairly expensive board. (if available retail at
all).

Or NVidia might simply have designed it that way for Dell.

Keith wrote:
> XPS 630 both Crossfire and SLI
>
> How do they do this on an Nvidia 650i SLI chipset. From the Dell web site:
> "The XPS 630 supports single & dual graphics options from both Nvidia® &
> ATIT including Nvidia® SLiT & ATIT CrossfireT dual graphics. With dual
> graphics, two graphics cards can run in parallel to act as one monstrously
> powerful card."

I think you're confusing the system chipset on the mobo with the video
chipset on the video card, it's in nVidia's best interest businesswise
to support ATI video cards (and I think it would be foolish of them not
to, kind of like Microsoft pretending they're the only game in town).

The language from the Dell site is in quotes: "XPS 630 supports single &
dual graphics options from both Nvidia® & ATIT including Nvidia® SLiT & ATIT
CrossfireT dual graphics"

The statement may not be factual, but it is clear.


"Tony Harding" <ToHard@nowhere.org> wrote in message
news:4814b7f5$0$15179$607ed4bc@cv.net...
> Keith wrote:
>> XPS 630 both Crossfire and SLI
>>
>> How do they do this on an Nvidia 650i SLI chipset. From the Dell web
>> site: "The XPS 630 supports single & dual graphics options from both
>> Nvidia® & ATIT including Nvidia® SLiT & ATIT CrossfireT dual graphics.
>> With dual graphics, two graphics cards can run in parallel to act as one
>> monstrously powerful card."
>
> I think you're confusing the system chipset on the mobo with the video
> chipset on the video card, it's in nVidia's best interest businesswise to
> support ATI video cards (and I think it would be foolish of them not to,
> kind of like Microsoft pretending they're the only game in town).

"Keith" <keithtucaz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:dJudnfggEeW_IojVnZ2dnUVZ_uKpnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> The language from the Dell site is in quotes: "XPS 630 supports single &
> dual graphics options from both Nvidia® & ATIT including Nvidia® SLiT &
> ATIT CrossfireT dual graphics"
>
> The statement may not be factual, but it is clear.
>
>


Seems pretty clear to me. It's a Dell-badged NVidia-chipset based board that
supports dual-card configurations for both SLi and Crossfire.

On 26 Apr., 15:15, "Keith" <keithtu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> XPS 630 bothCrossfireandSLI
>
> How do they do this on an Nvidia650iSLIchipset. From the Dell web site:
> "The XPS 630 supports single & dual graphics options from both Nvidia® &
> ATIT including Nvidia® SLiT & ATIT CrossfireT dual graphics. With dual
> graphics, two graphics cards can run in parallel to act as one monstrously
> powerful card."

I just got my XPS 630 with Dual Crossfire ATI Radeon 3870 HD. I cannot
get crossfire working with Vista Ultimate 64bit. Was anyone
successfull with (at least with 32bit Vista)?