madmedic 0 Posted June 13, 2005 I was just reading about the SLI system on the Alienware website (sounds pretty high powered)...The article lists some games that are compatible with it. OFP is not on the list...but, OFP gets overlooked by alot of people. Does anybody know if it is compatible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Colossus 2 Posted June 13, 2005 I don't think so, SLI only works on the games that supports SLI. Crossfire (ATI's answer for SLI) however should work on every game and will increase preformence. Remember that OFP is a pretty "old" game and came before the new era of SLI cards. EDIT: It might happen that Nvidia will make the same possibility like Crossfire has on the upcoming SLI2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gordy 0 Posted June 13, 2005 I was just reading about the SLI system on the Alienware website (sounds pretty high powered)...The article lists some games that are compatible with it.OFP is not on the list...but, OFP gets overlooked by alot of people. Does anybody know if it is compatible. Ask yourself this: when SLI was introduced? Before or after OFP? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Colossus 2 Posted June 13, 2005 Sorry, I thought you were talking to me Anyway, here is a bit about the SLI history. EDIT: While we are on the topic, "Game 2" and/or Armed Assualt supporting SLI? EDIT #2: The question is answerd, case closed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
denoir 0 Posted June 13, 2005 If they have designed it right, it should make no difference whatsoever which software you are running. Polygon processing and rendering are typically localized operations that can be distributed on hardware level. So there is no reason why you should require special software or drivers for it. If NVIDIA SLI requires special software support, then they have made a bad design. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Colossus 2 Posted June 13, 2005 If NVIDIA SLI requires special software support, then they have made a bad design. I think thats why SLI doesn't get support from every game, I think I have heard that it needs a update everytime a game can support SLI (I'm just guessing here) If anyone wants to buy SLI I would go for Crossfire instead. SLI (Nvidia), doesn't support every game in the world. Crossfire (ATI), supports every game in the world including old ones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kegetys 2 Posted June 13, 2005 Nvidia SLI does need "driver support" in the sense that you need to tell the driver which SLI mode to use for a certain game. Some games have compatibility problems with the mode that offers the best performance (whatever its called) but the slower mode where the cards render full frames should work with any game... I doubt that you would get huge gains in OFP from either mode though. Back when the nvidia SLI mode was announced I was expecting it to allow three (or four) monitor support, but that doesnt seem to be the case which in my opinion makes the whole thing a bit useless as the performance gain isnt worth the cost of two cards. Quote[/b] ]Crossfire (ATI), supports every game in the world including old ones. At least if you believe the PR talk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Colossus 2 Posted June 13, 2005 Quote[/b] ]Crossfire (ATI), supports every game in the world including old ones. At least if you believe the PR talk Hehe yeah, I'm kind of naive when it comes to hardware But I do hope and think that Crossfire works better then SLI.. for now. Lets see what Nvidia brings when they release SLI2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Warin 0 Posted June 13, 2005 I think this fits better over here, since it certainly is on the topic of OFP. Continue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
