How many graphics cards you need for your computer system? It's been a while now, and ATI and Nvidia have technology that allows individuals to use more than one graphics card in one machine, because of this fact there are many computer enthusiasts and computer games are games of power construction equipment. Are these types of machines are of interest to you?
For people like animators, video editors and multimedia specialists who have to deal with graphics on a daily basis, the difference is more than one graphics card in the same machine can be felt immediately. The graphics look and behave better, applications seem to load faster. For the average individual, your standard low-end solution has enough power to cover any stress that can be put under.
Today, there are only two video card brands that allow you to connect multiple cards in one machine. These are ATI Crossfire and NVIDIA SLI graphics cards.
SLI (Scalable Link Interface) technology was introduced in 2004 Nvidia. At first, users are able to connect up to two graphics cards together. SLI technology because it has grown from those days, and now allows up to four cards in one machine.
introduced the ATI crossfire in 2005 shortly after he announced Nvidia SLI graphics cards. Similarly, SLI, ATI Crossfire support up to four video cards per computer.
Questions have a motherboard that does not have the necessary skills can hinder your ability to have two graphics cards in the same machine. Only the Intel X58 and nForce motherboards with support for SLI cards. Crossfire and SLI are two completely different technologies that are not cross-compatible with one another. ATI Crossfire cards tend to enjoy wider support especially among Intel branded motherboards.
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