ATI's CrossFire is still a ways behind NVIDIA SLI when it comes to maturity, widespread support and implementation, but the company is fully committed to platform. [H]|ard|OCP reports that the "Certified by ATI" program will help to ensure that every CrossFire motherboard lives up to the expectations of the enthusiast community (and hopefully not mirror the results of the DFI RDX200 CF-DR).

One thing I have come to know in the last few weeks is just how committed ATI is to their motherboard chipset in the enthusiast marketplace. They certainly want to penetrate that end of the market and are making some solid claims as to moving forward. I think now that many of the motherboard companies will be looking at them to see how they react. Will ATI be there to nurture CrossFire to market if they have to? I hope that this will not be needed, but it is good to see that ATI is being proactive with their "Certified by ATI" program.

This news article was written on November 15, 2005, quoting [H]ard|OCP.