26-05-2008, 12:09 PM
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Do ATI graphics card work with a NVIDIA motherboard?
Hey there i am going to be building my own pc soon, and i dont know what graphics card to buy. I want the best one i can get the will work with my already chosen build. My budget is £50. Please help
This is the motherboard: MSI K9N6SGM-V GeForce 6100 Socket AM2 onboard VGA and 8-channel audio mATX Motherboard - Ebuyer And this is the card im thinking of buying: Sapphire HD 3650 512MB DDR2 Dual DVI TV Out PCI-E Graphics Card Sapphire HD 3650 512MB DDR2 Dual DVI TV Out PCI-E Graphics Card - Ebuyer Jackie xxxxx |
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26-05-2008, 02:18 PM
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Yes, ATi/AMD cards will work fine on a motherboard with an nVidia chipset. nVidia cards will work fine on an AMD/ATi chipset.
However, you cannot run SLI on a non nVidia chipset. You also cannot run Crossfire on a chipset outside of AMD/ATi or Intel. |
 
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