AMD to open CrossFire?

Tuesday 27th February 2007, 01:01:00 PM, written by Tim

Since its introduction, CrossFire, the multi-GPU platform from AMD (formerly ATI), has only been available on certain AMD core logic, along with Intel i975X and P965. HKEPC is now reporting that AMD may open CrossFire to any chipset with two 16x PCI Express slots, including those from NVIDIA, SiS and VIA. Such a move does fit with AMD's statements during the merger with ATI that it would remain a supporter of open platforms. No timeframe is given for the change, but considering that Dell once offered a machine with an nForce motherboard and two AMD video cards in CrossFire, it does not seem far-fetched.

Hopefully, this will lead to a standard for multi-slot graphics across all IHVs in the near future, which Beyond3D is confident would be met with praise and gratitude throughout the enthusiast and OEM community.

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