Can I do SLI on my PC?

[PrkChpXprss]

Hi all, please forgive me if this is in the wrong forum.

Can I run SLI on my Abit AW9D-Max motherboard?

I have an 8800GTS card and want to get another for Crysis

 

[compslckr]

http://forums.slizone.com/index.php?showtopic=9314

 

[ring.of.steel]

no.

 

[sdpnoy]

No...looks like you have an Intel Chipset. SLI is Nvidia chipsets.

 

[ring.of.steel]

unless you can find some kind of hacked driver of somesort or you can solder in a new chipset then no

 

[PrkChpXprss]

well darn it. Now I have to find an SLI board that doesn't have crappy RAID performance.

 

[MrHood22]

I think the PSU needs to be SLI capable to.

 

[Mr. K6]

I think the PSU needs to be SLI capable to.

An "SLI-capable" PSU means it has enough power to run two cards.

Also, from what I've been seeing, SLI performance isn't really worth it. You could buy an 8800GTX or Ultra for much less (especially after selling your 8800GTS) and get the same performance increase (taking into account SLI not working or not working well in many games).

 

[snaggletooth]

if the price of 8800gt's ever stablizes at the MSRP, recent crysis benchies are showing that sli will be plenty worth it; as long as your other hardware is sli capable to begin with, that is.