3 General Quick Questions Regarding SLI

[aadosx]

Hey guys I have a few very general questions about SLI as I just got my SLI setup.

1) Does it matter which direction the little SLI link card (that attaches to the side of both cards) goes? Mine will plug in either way. It looks like it has some connectors on it that would lock it into place on the cards or whatever, but my cards don't have the locking connectors, so it just slides on.

2) I turned on the computer and ran it for a minute (just loaded windows and turned it off) w/out pluging in the auxilary power cords on the cards themselves... is that a problem?

3) Does it matter which card you are actually hooking the monitor up to, and if so any more info on that would be much appreciated.

Thanks a bunch!
John

 

[Sr7]

1. No, you can have it either way

2. No, it doesn't matter, just don't run it for a long time like that because it will slowly harm your card

3. No it doesn't matter which card, but most people prefer the top one.