AMD chipset & NVidia compatibility

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Is there a possibility of encountering compatibility issues by
installing an NVidia-based graphics card on an AMD/ATI
chipset-based motherboard? Or vice versa? Could you please
categorise it by way of likely (a known issue), possible (in
certain cases), unlikely or highly unlikely?
 
philo said:
No problems per se in having different hardware

What operating system do you plan on using?

I've seen some problems with specific operating systems and
sepcific chipsets
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Thanks for the reply. The OS will be Win XP SP3.
 
kony said:
Highly unlikely. The problems aren't so much different
chips, it's between the card bios and the board bios
regardless if same or different chips are used. In general,
mixing works fine although today some boards can use hybrid
modes that disable the card to save power, or use it in
combination with integrated video to boost performance of
low end cards, only if they are both made by the same
company (nVidia or ATI) and both the chipset and card
support the feature (and again the bios has no bugs
regarding it).
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Thanks. I expected that hybrid SLI/CF wouldn't work with mixed
chips.

I'm aiming quite low here - a GF8600GT with an AMD X2 7750+ on an
NVidia 8200 mobo perhaps. I asked about compatibility with ATI
chipsets because we often can't get what we want here in eastern
India, and mail ordering can be a PITA in India. ATI 780G and
790GX chipsets are all the rage now and I may not be able to get
a good NVidia-based mobo in my price range.

How much performance boost can be expected from running an 8600GT
with onboard 8200 in hybrid SLI mode - a few per cent over the
8600GT alone?
 
pawihte said:
Is there a possibility of encountering compatibility issues by installing
an NVidia-based graphics card on an AMD/ATI chipset-based motherboard? Or
vice versa? Could you please categorise it by way of likely (a known
issue), possible (in certain cases), unlikely or highly unlikely?
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Box #1
AMD 7750 on an ATI 780 chipset motherboard, Graphics card is a GEForce 9600
GT.
Box #2
Athlon 6000 on a 690 chipset with a GEForce 8500GT.
Box #3
Athlon 4800 on a Nvidea chipset, graphics GEForce 7600GT

Previously I've run several PC's using Nvidea chipset motherboards
(nForce2, nForce3) with ATI and Nvidea graphics cards.

Never had any problems I could put down to an ATI/Nvidea conflict.

Best
Paul.
 
PeeCee said:
Box #1
AMD 7750 on an ATI 780 chipset motherboard, Graphics card is a
GEForce 9600 GT.
Box #2
Athlon 6000 on a 690 chipset with a GEForce 8500GT.
Box #3
Athlon 4800 on a Nvidea chipset, graphics GEForce 7600GT

Previously I've run several PC's using Nvidea chipset
motherboards (nForce2, nForce3) with ATI and Nvidea graphics
cards.

Never had any problems I could put down to an ATI/Nvidea
conflict.
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I've paired both NVidia and ATI cards with VIA chipsets. No
problem, but I wanted to make sure. Thanks for the replies,
everyone.
 
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