MATX SLI Mobo

[Platinum]

Does such a beast exist?

[alsenior]

the only think i could think of that is close is a DFI P45-TRS2-JR. but even that is not sli. it's xfire only.

[Platinum]

[BUFF]

eVGA had an S939 one iirc.
with the power of modern gfx cards (& that other than at the extreme top-end you are usually better with a single very good rather than 2 mediocre) do you really need SLI (or Crossfire) though in an mATX format?

[j1979]

if you settle for crossfire then this puppy looks like fun.. and with phenom 2 looking like a good buy, defo worth a look

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?W...I%2c+Micro+ATX

[Webby]

Crossfire is surprisingly useful at the moment 4830s and 4850s when crossfired give exceptional performance for the money, CF 4850s is similar if not better performance than a GTX280 for £100 less and CF 4830s are similar to a GTX260 (216 core) for £40 less.

You do have the niggles of potential sub par performance in un-optimised games and potential higher power draw but if I was looking at getting a top of the line graphics card crossfired 4850's is where my money would be spent.

[Platinum]

Yea love my 4870 atm but having a few issues in a few games, was looking at SLI'ing a few of the upcoming lower power Nvidia cards.
Do I need it? well one card is ok atm but I want to crank details to the max with FSAA and AF, running 1920 x 1200

[BUFF]

I would have thought that a 4870 should cope with high FSAA etc. @ 1900x1200 fine?
or as you alreay have 1 how about going CF with a second 4870?

[matty-hodgson]

Yea love my 4870 atm but having a few issues in a few games, was looking at SLI'ing a few of the upcoming lower power Nvidia cards.
Do I need it? well one card is ok atm but I want to crank details to the max with FSAA and AF, running 1920 x 1200

you'd be better off just getting another 4870..
Crossfire seems to work very well with most of the games i play.
i can even now play Crysis! which is a huge bonus for me.

nVidia's SLi is also pretty rubbish compared to X-fire; although i do prefer nVidia's cards, always have.

[Platinum]

Possably, Thinking 2x 4870's in a MATX case though might get a little warm

[matty-hodgson]

Possably, Thinking 2x 4870's in a MATX case though might get a little warm

2x any card in a case gets a bit warm though. so really.. 2x 4870s isn't gonna be that much hotter than any other dual card setup.

[Platinum]

My 4870 runs at 90 degrees on its own anyhow lol