techPowerUp! Forums

Go Back   techPowerUp! Forums > www.techpowerup.com > News

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old Mar 4, 2009, 01:56 AM   #1
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
 
btarunr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Hyderabad, India
Posts: 14,982 (7.30/day)
Thanks: 788
Thanked 12,899 Times in 5,650 Posts
Send a message via AIM to btarunr Send a message via MSN to btarunr

System Specs

ASRock Enables CrossFire on nForce 740i SLI Motherboard

ATI's CrossFire multi-GPU technology started off on the Intel platform with ATI's own brand of chipset before AMD acquired the company. AMD/ATI then allowed CrossFire and the succeeding CrossFireX standards to be supported by Intel chipsets. The only current chipset platform that doesn't support CrossFire is the NVIDIA nForce series, which as ASRock demonstrated during the ongoing CeBIT event, breaks the dogma.

ASRock devised a BIOS for its nForce 740i based N7AD-SLI motherboard that enables support for CrossFire. AMD's Catalyst drivers were able to detect the motherboard as a qualified platform and enable CrossFire between two installed ATI Radeon accelerators. The setup was able to show performance increments during a 3DMark06 session. ASRock is reportedly working out similar BIOS firmware for several other motherboards made by it, and wants to enable CrossFire, CrossFireX for all its nForce motherboards.



Source: Hardware-Aktuell
btarunr is online now  
Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to btarunr For This Useful Post:
Old Mar 4, 2009, 02:02 AM   #2
KieranD
Eligible for custom title
 
KieranD's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Posts: 5,460 (2.59/day)
Thanks: 1,640
Thanked 821 Times in 712 Posts
Send a message via MSN to KieranD

System Specs

legal minefield!!!

nice idea tho sadly i have an ati chipset board
KieranD is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 02:03 AM   #3
phanbuey
Eligible for custom title
 
phanbuey's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Miami
Posts: 5,010 (2.48/day)
Thanks: 1,484
Thanked 959 Times in 812 Posts

System Specs

now if they could only enable SLI on the 790GX
phanbuey is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 02:09 AM   #4
EaGle1337
75 Posts
 
EaGle1337's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 77 (0.05/day)
Thanks: 2
Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts
Send a message via MSN to EaGle1337

System Specs

how the heck did they do this
__________________
This is a signature.
EaGle1337 is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 02:32 AM   #5
Error 404
1000 Posts
 
Error 404's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: South Australia
Posts: 1,330 (0.71/day)
Thanks: 166
Thanked 178 Times in 157 Posts
Send a message via MSN to Error 404

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by EaGle1337 View Post
how the heck did they do this
Witchcraft.
__________________
Third rig: PC Express Invader. C2D E6400 2.13GHz, 4GB DDR2-800, 320GB HDD, Intel 945, Asus 9600GT 512MB, 550W PSU, W7 HP 64-bit.
Fourth Rig: Dell Optiplex 170L, P4 Prescott 2.8GHz, 512MB DDR266RAM, 80GB HDD, FX5200PCI 128MB, 250W PSU,XP Pro
Fifth rig (Laptop): Dell Inspiron 4000, 14.1", PIII 850MHz, 384MB RAM, 9.3GB, XP Pro. Now with passive cooling!

“I could make a better looking computer case with a bucket of Lincoln Logs.” -lemode
Error 404 is offline  
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Error 404 For This Useful Post:
Old Mar 4, 2009, 02:42 AM   #6
thebeephaha
500 Posts
 
thebeephaha's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Seattle/Shoreline WA
Posts: 992 (0.45/day)
Thanks: 170
Thanked 103 Times in 95 Posts

System Specs

Asrock has more talent than most give them credit.
__________________
<--System 1 Specs "Holy crap! Disco shit!" -Thrackan
-->System 2 Specs: ASUS G50VT-A1 Notebook (X5 Case Mod) w/ T9400 2.53GHz, 4GB, 2x250GB 7200RPM Seagates in RAID0, 9800GS 512MB, 15.4" 1650x1080, Intel 5300 AGN, 6 & 9 Cell Batteries, 7 Ultimate 64
-->System 3 Specs: Norco RPC-4020, ASUS M2N32-SLI DLX, AMD Phenom X4 9150e, 4GB PC2-6400, 19 HDDs = 15TB, Windows Home Server w/ remote web access, FTP access, proxy server, BT server, & more!
thebeephaha is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 02:51 AM   #7
wolf2009
Guest
 
Posts: n/a (0/day)

Quote:
Originally Posted by thebeephaha View Post
Asrock has more talent than most give them credit.
agreed, nice innovation
 
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 02:53 AM   #8
Error 404
1000 Posts
 
Error 404's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: South Australia
Posts: 1,330 (0.71/day)
Thanks: 166
Thanked 178 Times in 157 Posts
Send a message via MSN to Error 404

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by thebeephaha View Post
Asrock has more talent than most give them credit.
Agreed, they managed to stick PCI-E and AGP together on a 775 motherboard. It wasn't very well done IMO, as the PCI-E x16 slot was only x4 electrically, and who would use an AGP card when they could get a PCI-E card much cheaper?

This, however, looks much more worth it, although I wouldn't be surprised if nVidia gets pissed off by it.
__________________
Third rig: PC Express Invader. C2D E6400 2.13GHz, 4GB DDR2-800, 320GB HDD, Intel 945, Asus 9600GT 512MB, 550W PSU, W7 HP 64-bit.
Fourth Rig: Dell Optiplex 170L, P4 Prescott 2.8GHz, 512MB DDR266RAM, 80GB HDD, FX5200PCI 128MB, 250W PSU,XP Pro
Fifth rig (Laptop): Dell Inspiron 4000, 14.1", PIII 850MHz, 384MB RAM, 9.3GB, XP Pro. Now with passive cooling!

“I could make a better looking computer case with a bucket of Lincoln Logs.” -lemode
Error 404 is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 02:58 AM   #9
ShadowFold
Eligible for custom title
 
ShadowFold's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Omaha, NE
Posts: 12,855 (6.50/day)
Thanks: 1,381
Thanked 1,681 Times in 1,498 Posts
Send a message via MSN to ShadowFold Send a message via Skype™ to ShadowFold

System Specs

Nvidia doesn't make motherboards anymore, why would they?
ShadowFold is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 03:05 AM   #10
Mussels
Doctor Moderator
 
Mussels's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bendigo, Australia (NOT THE USA)
Posts: 34,553 (10.97/day)
Thanks: 3,699
Thanked 8,689 Times in 6,389 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by Error 404 View Post
Agreed, they managed to stick PCI-E and AGP together on a 775 motherboard. It wasn't very well done IMO, as the PCI-E x16 slot was only x4 electrically, and who would use an AGP card when they could get a PCI-E card much cheaper?

This, however, looks much more worth it, although I wouldn't be surprised if nVidia gets pissed off by it.
later boards had AGP and PCI-E at 16x. only the first model was 4x.

Dont forget asrock had a 939 board with an AM2 addon board as well, they've made some really cool stuff. I think they were one of the first with onboard wifi as well.


For quite some time its been known that its only BIOS registers that enable/disable crossfire, the legal minefield is what stopped it... if ATI supports this it will get stopped, but if they remain quiet its asrock who gets yelled at. and asrock may not have to stop.
Mussels is online now  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 03:43 AM   #11
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
 
cdawall's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: some AF base
Posts: 16,021 (6.42/day)
Thanks: 457
Thanked 2,753 Times in 2,222 Posts
Send a message via AIM to cdawall Send a message via Yahoo to cdawall Send a message via Skype™ to cdawall

System Specs

asrock does some crazy shit lol
__________________
cdawall is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 04:43 AM   #12
Error 404
1000 Posts
 
Error 404's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: South Australia
Posts: 1,330 (0.71/day)
Thanks: 166
Thanked 178 Times in 157 Posts
Send a message via MSN to Error 404

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by ShadowFold View Post
Nvidia doesn't make motherboards anymore, why would they?
Because motherboards = $$ for nVidia.

Wow @ Asrock making AM2 drop in motherboard, thats pretty clever.
__________________
Third rig: PC Express Invader. C2D E6400 2.13GHz, 4GB DDR2-800, 320GB HDD, Intel 945, Asus 9600GT 512MB, 550W PSU, W7 HP 64-bit.
Fourth Rig: Dell Optiplex 170L, P4 Prescott 2.8GHz, 512MB DDR266RAM, 80GB HDD, FX5200PCI 128MB, 250W PSU,XP Pro
Fifth rig (Laptop): Dell Inspiron 4000, 14.1", PIII 850MHz, 384MB RAM, 9.3GB, XP Pro. Now with passive cooling!

“I could make a better looking computer case with a bucket of Lincoln Logs.” -lemode
Error 404 is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 04:57 AM   #13
hat
Maximum Overclocker
 
hat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Ohio
Posts: 12,236 (5.15/day)
Thanks: 2,054
Thanked 2,039 Times in 1,549 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by Error 404 View Post
Agreed, they managed to stick PCI-E and AGP together on a 775 motherboard. It wasn't very well done IMO, as the PCI-E x16 slot was only x4 electrically, and who would use an AGP card when they could get a PCI-E card much cheaper?

This, however, looks much more worth it, although I wouldn't be surprised if nVidia gets pissed off by it.
I was considering getting the dualcore vsta because I was considering moving on up from a 478 platform to 775 but I couldn't afford a new graphics card and ddr2 memory that went along with it. however I fell short on even that but my uncle got me this kickass rig which I has evolved quite a bit. the only 2 origional components are the cpu and motherboard, everything else has changed at least once, including the case
__________________
My Heatware
“Inb4 smartphone LN2 overclocking.” -radrok
hat is offline  
Crunching for Team TPU
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 05:58 AM   #14
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
 
btarunr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Hyderabad, India
Posts: 14,982 (7.30/day)
Thanks: 788
Thanked 12,899 Times in 5,650 Posts
Send a message via AIM to btarunr Send a message via MSN to btarunr

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by Error 404 View Post
Wow @ Asrock making AM2 drop in motherboard, thats pretty clever.
ECS once made an LGA-775 motherboard (before Core 2 came along), that also supported socket 939 through a riser.
__________________

Gadgets, Phones, Tablets, Cameras, TVs, HiFi...NextPowerUp
btarunr is online now  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 06:31 AM   #15
eidairaman1
Eligible for custom title
 
eidairaman1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: HTX
Posts: 10,078 (4.69/day)
Thanks: 1,359
Thanked 1,159 Times in 1,035 Posts
Send a message via MSN to eidairaman1

System Specs

whats funny is This is an Intel Chipset, So what about the NV AMD Chipset?
__________________
Athlon XP USERS with COD 4 FIX
http://www.techsupportforum.com/foru...ls-202011.html
http://www.howorks.com/2011/02/24/ho...-memory-limit/
“Sometimes my level of fail is unprecedented.” -TheMailMan78
“This is what the force of a thousand suns looks like.” -3870x2
eidairaman1 is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 07:39 AM   #16
Hayder_Master
3500 Posts
 
Hayder_Master's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: IRAQ-Baghdad
Posts: 4,860 (2.62/day)
Thanks: 388
Thanked 639 Times in 444 Posts
Send a message via MSN to Hayder_Master Send a message via Yahoo to Hayder_Master

System Specs

nice , i want see some day can crossfire ATI card with nvidia card
Hayder_Master is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 07:55 AM   #17
steelkane
500 Posts
 
steelkane's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 800 (0.35/day)
Thanks: 144
Thanked 238 Times in 204 Posts

System Specs

smart move by asrock.
__________________
steelkane is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 09:59 AM   #18
legends84
200 Posts
 
legends84's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Jitra, Malaysia
Posts: 239 (0.15/day)
Thanks: 105
Thanked 18 Times in 13 Posts
Send a message via Yahoo to legends84 Send a message via Skype™ to legends84

System Specs

wow... really great.. hope my amd 780a could CF as well..hahaha
legends84 is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 11:41 AM   #19
DrPepper
The Doctor is in the house
 
DrPepper's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Scotland (It rains alot)
Posts: 6,423 (3.29/day)
Thanks: 977
Thanked 828 Times in 667 Posts
Send a message via MSN to DrPepper Send a message via Skype™ to DrPepper

System Specs

Asrock are really talented when it comes to this kinda stuff. With this kind of innovation I'm surprised they aren't market leaders. Also this is just like the alienware motherboards that support Xfire and SLI.
DrPepper is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 12:01 PM   #20
js01
75 Posts
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Posts: 162 (0.09/day)
Thanks: 1
Thanked 26 Times in 24 Posts

System Specs

I have an asrock board and i'm very impressed by it for the price i paid $110 it has plenty of features including crossfire.
js01 is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 12:03 PM   #21
[I.R.A]_FBi
Eligible for custom title
 
[I.R.A]_FBi's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: c:\programs\kitteh.exe
Posts: 6,152 (2.80/day)
Thanks: 724
Thanked 556 Times in 461 Posts

System Specs

I usually hate on assrock, but for this, major proppings ... wished there was a thanks button for asrock
__________________
Rig 1+1
Athlon XP 2200+, MSI KM2M Combo, ATI 9200SE 128 MB DDR, 2 X 512 MB DDR333, 250GB + 80 HDD?

“try intel cpu, amd is only good for going to nude sites” -firehawkxd
“go for the 5850 now and play games while the nvidiots wait for the ceo to show an actual working product” -W1zzard
“An MSI logo? This offends my retina. I await your apology.” -MRCL

www.autolounge.com.jm
[I.R.A]_FBi is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 12:05 PM   #22
DrPepper
The Doctor is in the house
 
DrPepper's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Scotland (It rains alot)
Posts: 6,423 (3.29/day)
Thanks: 977
Thanked 828 Times in 667 Posts
Send a message via MSN to DrPepper Send a message via Skype™ to DrPepper

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by [I.R.A]_FBi View Post
I usually hate on assrock, but for this, major proppings ... wished there was a thanks button for asrock
I wished the all the computer companies toured these websites and used our feedback. Asrock would get props for this.
DrPepper is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 12:12 PM   #23
Mussels
Doctor Moderator
 
Mussels's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bendigo, Australia (NOT THE USA)
Posts: 34,553 (10.97/day)
Thanks: 3,699
Thanked 8,689 Times in 6,389 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by DrPepper View Post
Asrock are really talented when it comes to this kinda stuff. With this kind of innovation I'm surprised they aren't market leaders. Also this is just like the alienware motherboards that support Xfire and SLI.
asrock are a division of asus. so in a way, they are market leaders.

asrock get the budget boards and the weird frankensteins - if an idea takes off, they move it to asus boards.
Mussels is online now  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 02:16 PM   #24
PCpraiser100
1000 Posts
 
PCpraiser100's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 1,059 (0.60/day)
Thanks: 67
Thanked 68 Times in 61 Posts

System Specs

Who think ASRock could be threatened for a lawsuit?
PCpraiser100 is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Mar 4, 2009, 02:18 PM   #25
DrPepper
The Doctor is in the house
 
DrPepper's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Scotland (It rains alot)
Posts: 6,423 (3.29/day)
Thanks: 977
Thanked 828 Times in 667 Posts
Send a message via MSN to DrPepper Send a message via Skype™ to DrPepper

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mussels View Post
asrock are a division of asus. so in a way, they are market leaders.

asrock get the budget boards and the weird frankensteins - if an idea takes off, they move it to asus boards.
I know but you would think they had a greater market share and reputation with this kinda stuff.

I doubt they will be sued because this seems like a demonstration but it would be cool if they did make a production version.
DrPepper is offline  
Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Sapphire PURE Innovation PI-A9RX480 W1zzard Reviews 11 May 8, 2009 08:46 PM
NVIDIA Brings SLI Technology to Intel Bloomfield CPU Platforms malware News 26 Jul 15, 2008 07:16 AM
ASUS Releases New nForce 780i SLI P5N72-T Premium Motherboard malware News 12 May 29, 2008 11:07 PM
Foxconn Quantum Force Dreadnought nForce 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard Pictured malware News 5 Mar 4, 2008 12:28 AM
ECS KN1 SLI Extreme W1zzard Reviews 0 Jul 12, 2005 11:21 AM


All times are GMT. The time now is 05:14 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.6
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
no new posts