Will Nvidia and ATI cards play nice? (mobo compatability)?

u can run either ... i recommend using driver cleaner pro if ur gonna be switching back and forth though ...

Any motherboard will do fine as long as it's one video card at a time. For SLI or crossfire, that becomes a little difference story. Not sure why you want to change card to card as the Radeon X1950 XT is much faster in all apps and games then the 7900GT. Even the slower X1950 Pro is faster then the 7900GT.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html?modelx...

If you are buying a normal motherboard there might not be a problem, but I think better to buy an Nvidia graphics card with nforce motherboard.

If you are planning to buy an SLI/crossfire motherboard then there will be a compatibility problem. SLI is nvidia's technology and

crossfire is ATI's technology and so you have to choose your card accordingly.

be a better word. And rightly so! Graphics or the quality of the

graphics chipset in your notebook computer will be your first area

of consideration and it will greatly determine the gaming performance

of your PC.

Go with the latest Graphics Chipset and also check to see if you

can upgrade your Graphics Card on the particular machine

you're thinking about buying. Technology in the gaming world,

like everywhere else, is changing at a rapid pace - get something

that can be upgraded as the lasted Graphics Technology hit the market.

Here are some Graphics Chipsets that are highly rated: ATi Mobility

Radeon 9700, ATI's Mobility FireGL V3200 or NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX.

ATi Mobility Radeon 9700 is a high quality Graphics Card or visual

processing unit (VPU) present in many next generation notebooks. It

will give you higher performance at a lower power level - saving

battery power.

It makes your notebook computer capable of many functions: 3D games,

wide-screen HDTV, dynamic presentations, mobile video editing studio

and graphic processor.

Many notebooks now come with integrated graphics, where components

interact and are sometimes shared, especially memory. If you want

a notebook computer for 3D games - check the amount of video RAM -

this is memory that's dedicated to graphic or video applications.

Other common graphic chipsets are: STMicro, NVIDIA, 3D Labs, Matrox,

Trident S3 and SIS.

If you can, go with a NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 graphics

card or for the real game diehards - wait for the debut

of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 that features NVIDIA's TurboCache

technology.

Gamers will be aware of NVIDIA SLI technology, ATI CrossFire

and Hyperthreading. All new stuff that's bringing

the gaming experience up to a higher level of perfection

that would even be worthy of a Spielberg or a Lucas

Production. Not really, but it's getting there.

Display quality is also extremely important to your gaming experience.

Make sure the resolution and display quality of your notebook

computer can handle the graphics of 3D Gaming. Most high end

notebooks can easily handle the most demanding visuals gaming

machines sometimes require.

what did ^^^^ just say?

ok u can use either of course, but did u mention both?

yea u can use either

gl and its an easy install, lik sliding an air filter in, dont sweat it