HELP! PC video card question

Akula4745 · 04-03-09, 07:33 AM

The shop I am getting my new PC from called me back about something I forgot on the order and also asked me a question about the motherboard and video card choice I made. This is what I ordered last night:

Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9550 (4x 2.83GHz/12MB L2 Cache/1333FSB)
Asus Rampage Formula Intel X48 Chipset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1Gb
4 Gb [2 Gb X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory
500 Gb primary + 320 Gb secondary HD

But now (if I understood right) it turns out I won't be able to run dual video cards (later on) using the Crossfire technology because it won't work with Nvidia cards without an Nvidia chipset???

Would it be better to go with an ATI Radeon card instead? I sure do wanna make the right choice here... HELP! Matching system components is definitely NOT my specialty... I know just enough to get myself in trouble. Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated. I have to call them back today and decide...

Thanks in advance.
Jim

04-03-09, 07:33 AM	#1
Akula4745 Convicted Ship Killer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just out of sight... plotting your course and speed Posts: 846 Downloads: 371 Uploads: 1	HELP! PC video card question The shop I am getting my new PC from called me back about something I forgot on the order and also asked me a question about the motherboard and video card choice I made. This is what I ordered last night: Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9550 (4x 2.83GHz/12MB L2 Cache/1333FSB) Asus Rampage Formula Intel X48 Chipset NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1Gb 4 Gb [2 Gb X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory 500 Gb primary + 320 Gb secondary HD But now (if I understood right) it turns out I won't be able to run dual video cards (later on) using the Crossfire technology because it won't work with Nvidia cards without an Nvidia chipset??? Would it be better to go with an ATI Radeon card instead? I sure do wanna make the right choice here... HELP! Matching system components is definitely NOT my specialty... I know just enough to get myself in trouble. Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated. I have to call them back today and decide... Thanks in advance. Jim __________________ Akula4745 "If you sit by the river long enough... the body of your enemy will float by -- SunTzu"