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GA-MA78G-S2H vs DS3H
I was all set to order the S2H from NewEgg today and they dropped the
price of the DS3H to the same as the S2H and it is labled as "customer choice award". The primary difference between the 2 is the S2H has an Nvidia video chipset and the DS3H has an ATI video chipset. Also, the DS3H has an eSata connector. I do a little bit of gaming (World Of Warcraft), but I primarily do 3D Studio Max, Cinema 4D and Adobe After Effects work. I will eventually be upgrading to a dedicated video card, but in the meantime does the video chipset matter for me? |
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GA-MA78G-S2H vs DS3H
Dave wrote:
I was all set to order the S2H from NewEgg today and they dropped the price of the DS3H to the same as the S2H and it is labled as "customer choice award". The primary difference between the 2 is the S2H has an Nvidia video chipset and the DS3H has an ATI video chipset. Also, the DS3H has an eSata connector. I do a little bit of gaming (World Of Warcraft), but I primarily do 3D Studio Max, Cinema 4D and Adobe After Effects work. I will eventually be upgrading to a dedicated video card, but in the meantime does the video chipset matter for me? For Crossfire or SLI video card configurations (two video cards working together, generally of the same brand and type), the software driver for the video card, enforces policy based on chipset used. A board with Intel or ATI chipset, supports Crossfire. A board with Nvidia chipset, supports SLI (Nvidia video cards). So the video card driver uses branding information, to decide whether to allow two video cards to work in tandem (like alternate frame rendering or AFR). So the chipset matters, if the motherboard has two video card slots. If there is only one video card slot, the video card driver does not care which chipset is used when only a single video card is involved. The limitation is only applied to SLI or Crossfire. You will also find video cards now, which have two GPU chips inside the same video card. Examples are 9800GX2 and 3870 X2. In that case, the package contains 2 GPU chips and a PCI Express switching chip to glue them together. The 2 GPU chips in that case, are not connected directly to the motherboard chipset, and go through the PCI Express switch chip. And then the driver allows those two GPUs to work together, no matter what motherboard the card is plugged into. Things might change, if you tried to use two of those dual GPU cards (I expect the normal branding policy would apply again). For regular usage (where you purchase a single card with plenty of horsepower), then it doesn't matter what chipset you use on the motherboard. The latest batch of cards have just come out, and you should consider the effects of the pricing strategy on those new cards, before rushing out and purchasing something. You can get a quite powerful card for $200. Paul |
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GA-MA78G-S2H vs DS3H
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:38:25 -0500, Dave blather'd thus:
I was all set to order the S2H from NewEgg today and they dropped the price of the DS3H to the same as the S2H and it is labled as "customer choice award". The primary difference between the 2 is the S2H has an Nvidia video chipset and the DS3H has an ATI video chipset. Also, the DS3H has an eSata connector. I do a little bit of gaming (World Of Warcraft), but I primarily do 3D Studio Max, Cinema 4D and Adobe After Effects work. I will eventually be upgrading to a dedicated video card, but in the meantime does the video chipset matter for me? Ironic? -- Dr E-- mhm 17x1 SGM #3 smeeter #13 FWAC:"Old No.-7" Surgeon General-Relativity Commodore/Upper-Half/1st Virginia Volunteers/CEsium Brigade NF & TCIB. ATFFFIQ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The flames kindled on the fourth of July, seventeen hundred and seventy six, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the feeble engines of despotism." -- Thomas Jefferson |
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