Question about SLI

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so I’m building a new budget desktop for myself and I want to run Dual Vid Cards

I have an SLI compatible mobo / Power Supply / and I want to run two of these VID cards

Anything else special I need?

and I know there are better vid cards out there but I’m on a budget and I think two of these would work fine for the games I want to play

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should be all set. SLI rules, i have 2x quardo FX3400/4400’s in my rig. they get the job done…

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:tup:

I seen somewhere there is a little piece that connects the two graphics cards together Its shaped like " [ " and it connects the tops of the two cards ,is this just for more support? will it come with one of the cards or anything?

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your good to go.

im running 2 gforce 6800gts in sli, very nice, they do get hot tho.

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the only thing you may need is a bigger power supply. I’ve heard that the 6 series gforce cards were power hungry

edit: nm… saw that you got one

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iirc you do need that piece, but your mobo should have included the SLI link

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daves the one who originally built my computer, but like he said, im pretty sure it shave come with the mother board

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I heard that Crossfire > SLI, but since you already got the SLI setup, go for it.

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cough…bullshit…cough

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a budget sli box you say?

hahahahaah

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I highly suggest NOT going this route,the performance is quite poor for these cards,even in SLI.Even Midrange single cards destroy the 6600 SLI setup.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html

LOL @ crossfire being better than SLI.

I recently had this card…

It was amazing for $100,I only upgraded because I couldnt pass up a deal on a 7900gs.

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word, yeah I think maybe I should just pick up one of those cards I read some things about it and then add another card later on :tup:

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umm… yea… for video games … they are soo video card intensive… 80 dollar mobo 100 dollar processor… two 200 dollar vid cards… blah blah blah

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In my honest opinion… if you’re going to shell out $$$ for a new vid card, get one that supports SM3.0 (which gives you the options of geforce 6-7 series, or ATi x1000 series)

edit: I bet you’d be content with one 7800… great card and a great runner IMO

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http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2009991,00.asp

You draw the conclusions, or just read the article.

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Specific.aspx?ArticleId=14474&PageId=0

http://www.amdzone.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=197&page=8
(Year Old Article)

http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/06/02/ati_puts_nvidia/index.html

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^^ ya know, not only that, but I remember reading that with a crossfire setup, you can run one card dedicated to physics, while the other will handle the GPU functions… not sure if the same is true with nvidia

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ATI will never be as good as nvidia, plain and simple

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thank you. i used to be a ATI fan boy, but i now know what a high end nvidia card(s) can do. nvidia + SLI FTMFW

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well sure… when you go from a 9200 to a 7 series geforce :stuck_out_tongue:

I don’t know… even though I currently own a Nvidia, I still like ATi :shrug: they make good hardware IMO and in the past, have mopped the floor with nvidia… it’s always the natural progression of things (one builds a fast card, the other out does it, then the other out does that and so on)

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yeah in the past like 10 years ago they mopped the floor.