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From: Rob on 22 Jul 2010 09:39

"Steve" <invalid(a)invalid.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.26b179e3ef31cb3d98970a(a)news.supernews.com...
> In article <4c4781ee$0$28669$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>,
> nope(a)spamless.none says...
>>
>> ah ok thanks,
>>
>> I'm upset because i didnt relise when they say sli they mean sli only ,
>> apparently . I went out and bought another 5770 yesterday luckily i didnt
>> open the box yet . When i gt home i thought to myself hmm hang on a
>> minute i
>> better double check just to make sure all will be well ,then started
>> reading
>> the bad news around the place...
>>
>>
>> I've heard HP has a Blackbird bios for the striker and this board wicch
>> allows both brands of cards , it just means with their bios u can only
>> run
>> crossfire and with the standard Asus bios on SLi ,but i dont like to
>> belive
>> everything i read on the internet :P
>>
>>
>> owell time to ring the store back and see if i can get my money back or
>> swap both cards for something else .. :( what a hassle
>>
> <snip>
>
> Try two Nvidia 460GTXs in sli. That should exceed two ATI 5770s in
> crossfire capabilities.

The will certainly exceed in 5770s in price and power consumption, so check
PSU and system cooling is up to the extra 300W that 2x 460GTXs will need
at 'full blast'.
--
Rob


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