some questions on nvidia and ati

[supersaiyan]

hi guys. i was reading an article at tomshardware http://www.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20051129/ati_and_nvidia_dual_card_slugfest-02.html and i saw that nvidia had released series 80 drivers which allow users to put two unidentical gfx cards.does this mean that i would be able to put a gainward 6600gt with an xfx?
also ati released its catalyst5.11 drivers which eliminates the need for the crossfire master card. does this mean that i would be able to put two x800xl without the need of one of them being crossfire?

[Crazy_Eddy]

1. Yes you can combine nvidia cards from different brands and run them in SLI. However, the GPU should still be the same, eg. an XFX 6600GT should be combined with a Leadtek 6600GT only, you cannot combine it with a 6800GT.

2. AFAIK, the need for a crossfire master card has been eliminated for the X1300 and X1600 series cards. Not sure about the X800 cards.