Yes and no. You could probably hook up the Wii to the computer and it would probably run. The problem is with "Media Center" computers in general is that they use a TV tuner to display TV input, which usually have a delay from real-time and when the picture is displayed on your monitor.

When you're watching TV, you never notice this because you can't really tell that it's delayed by a second or so. When you're playing a game, though, it really messes with your coordination, because the buttons you press don't register until a second later. But who knows, maybe your media center doesn't have this delay. Try it... only one way to find out.

An ATI tech would be able to give you an answer about whether or not crossfire will be supported between 3870x2 and 4870x2...But I can tell you right now that you won't be able to crossfire a 3870x2 with a 4870x2. 4000 series cards do not crossfire with 3000 series cards.

4870 or 4850 should be able to crossfire with a 4870x2, though.

so over/super clocking pushes your card to the limit. Got it. So if someone gets a GPU that does not say overclocked etc can someone still overclock it with success? Does overclocking also kill the GPU quicker? Also, what the deuce is SLI ready?

RAZZY_B

It depends on what you consider an overclocking "success". Almost every component has some overclocking headroom, which comes from manufacturers leaving a "safety margin" for production defects and unforseen operating conditions.

Overclocking will reduce the lifespan of your components through, among other things, increased heat production and excessive voltage. You can reduce the negative effects of overclocking by improving cooling. Depending on how good your component is (overall quality and minor random production defects), overclocking to a degree may not matter because you'll end up replacing the component before it dies anyways.

SLI ready is a marketing term devised by nVidia to indicate that a certain component is capable of some kind of SLI (dual nVidia video cards).

In a nutshell, overclocking involves adjusting general speed settings to improve the short term performance of a computer. The most often overclocked components are CPU, memory, and graphics cards. For example, if you overclock a CPU with a stock speed of 1.0 Ghz to 1.5Ghz, you would theoretically gain 50% more processing power.

Overclocking can, and, depending on the degree of overclocking, probably will cause instability or permanent damage to your components and voids most warranties. I would not reccomend that you overclock your system in any way. If you decide to overclock, I'm not responsible for anything that happens to you, your computer, or any of your other possessions.

I think EVGA sells "Superclocked" versions of their video cards, which basically means they come factory overclocked (and still warrantied).

If you're still interested, I suggest you go read a lot of guides before start overclocking. hardwaresecrets.com is a good place to start. You can overclock your memory/CPU settings in your motherboard's BIOS setup (usually hit Del as it starts up) or through software overclocking tools such as SetFSB, Clockgen, and Memset. For video cards, there are many driver-level overclock tools such as RivaTuner, ATITool, and others.

All of the "X2" cards (from NVIDIA or ATI) only require one PCIE slot to plug into, but the coolers on the cards cover the slot next to them, thereby having a "dual-slot" cooler.

Every PSU I've seen recently have at least one 8pin and one 6pin PCIE plug. If your PSU doesn't have them but it has enough power capacity, you can use adapters to convert standard 4-pin molex connectors to PCIE plugs.

[QUOTE="iBP_Rickochet"]How about 2x 4870x2... Quad-crossfire FTW?Marfoo

I don't think this goes to 4x4870x2. lol, that would be ridiculous. Besides, drivers don't support more than 4 GPUs...yet...