Do ATI graphics card work with a NVIDIA motherboard?

Discussion in 'Video Cards, Displays and TV Tuners' started by jackie11, May 26, 2008.

  1. jackie11

    jackie11 Geek Trainee

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    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
     
  2. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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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.
     
  3. jackie11

    jackie11 Geek Trainee

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    ok thankyou

    Jackie xx
     

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