sli question

[ssnewton]

Hi guys

I currently have a amd athlon X2 5000+, 2 GB of Ram, asus nforce 560 sli motherboard, 1 geforce 8800 gts 640 mb (evga brand), with vista home basic 32bit

I want to add a second videocard, can I just get any 8800gts 640mb, or does the brand name (foxconn, BFG tech, Evga, etc.) and the card have to be exactly the same, as well as the cards mb, for it to work.

[Martman46]

Hi ssnewton

 

I have always understood that for sli to work both cards have to be identical.

 

You cant sli, unless you have an nvidia sli supported motherboard. The video cards have to be the same model Example: 2 nvidia geforce 8800GTS cards, 2 nvidia geforce 7600GT cards.

The same brand is recommended, using an MSI 8800GTS with an EVGA 8800GTS may work, but its not guranteed

[Dalo Harkin]

Hi ssnewton

 

I have always understood that for sli to work both cards have to be identical.

 

You cant sli, unless you have an nvidia sli supported motherboard. The video cards have to be the same model Example: 2 nvidia geforce 8800GTS cards, 2 nvidia geforce 7600GT cards.

The same brand is recommended, using an MSI 8800GTS with an EVGA 8800GTS may work, but its not guranteed

 

 

This was changed not long ago, 2 cards same model are fine any manufacturer

[Martman46]

Just one question Dalo would you need a bios update for this to work now.

 

When previously this might or might not work with 2 different card Manufacturers or is the improvement made through the Graphics drivers.

[Dalo Harkin]

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