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Quick SLI question..

Discussion in 'General Open/Public Discussion' started by Asp, 4 May 2006.


  1. Asp

    Asp Administrative Officer Officer

    Officer
    If I've got an x800 vid card, and pick up a 2nd one, but they're not the same manufacturer or one is potentially a "better" or "faster" version of the card, does that effect SLi performance? Or ability to use it at all?

    Basically, do I need an exact duplicate model card to run SLi? Or will any other x800 card be usable, if my existing card is in the x800 family?
     
    Asp, 4 May 2006
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  2. ShadowSpawn

    ShadowSpawn DragonWolf

    SLI pretty much has to be 2 Identical cards ATM, i have two 7800's in mine and short of benchmarks tests i dont really notice much difference in performance.
     
    ShadowSpawn, 4 May 2006
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  3. Arglaar

    Arglaar

    Arglaar, 4 May 2006
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  4. Asp

    Asp Administrative Officer Officer

    Officer
    nm then.. :D SLi board with Ati cards = no joy.. And to go ATi, I'd need a new mobo, and 2 new cards..

    thx guys
     
    Asp, 4 May 2006
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  5. Sentrosi

    Sentrosi Protocol Officer Officer

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    For the best bang for your budget Asp, look at the 6800GS series of cards. You can get some pretty good performance out of them in SLI (rated about the same as one 7800GT).
     
    Sentrosi, 4 May 2006
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  6. Daleon

    Daleon

    Yea, must have an ATI chipset to support Crossfire. But the newer crossfire mb's are actually pretty nice, so there is a solid alternative to Nforce finnally.

    You can get what is called a Mastercard. These are usually branded as Crossfire boards. In which case I beleive they will work with different models, going down to the slowest boards speed. Otherwise you must have two identical boards that support crossfire.

    X1900GTO's are about to come out, they should perform pretty nice.
     
    Daleon, 4 May 2006
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  7. Black Drop

    Black Drop Elder DragonWolf

    Geez...why does it feel like my recent update is obsolete? :lol:
     
    Black Drop, 4 May 2006
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