Advantages

CrossFire can be implemented with varying-GPU cards of the aforementioned bearing (this is in adverse to Nvidia's SLI, which about alone works if all cards accept the aforementioned GPU). This allows buyers who accept capricious budgets over time to acquirement altered cards and still get the allowances of added performance. With the latest bearing cards, they will alone battery with added cards in their sub series. For example, GPU in the aforementioned alternation can be crossfired with anniversary other. So a 5800 alternation GPU (e.g. a 5830) can run calm with addition 5800 alternation GPU (e.g. 5870). However GPU's not in the aforementioned hundred alternation cannot be crossfired successfully. (e.g. a 5770 cannot run with a 5870)

ATI battery configurations can run abounding monitors of capricious admeasurement and resolution, while SLI alone allows two monitors. The barring is if Nvidia beleaguer is getting acclimated admitting monitors have to be the aforementioned resolution for this to work.14