GTX460 2WIN

[Toconator]

Just read a review over on PureOC and it seems like a decent card for budget SLI. All my mobos are crossfire capable but I prefer to run NV for obvious folding reasons. Question is do these dual GPU's fold? I thought I read somewhere quite awhile ago that there was problems with SLI and F@H, is this still true? I want to step up to 3 monitor goodness but don't want to switch over to Radeons and lose [H]orde production.

 

[Brak710]

No problems anymore with folding, the NVIDIA drivers still let CUDA stuff access both GPUs separately even with SLI enabled. Would still require two clients, -gpu 0 and -gpu 1, though.

Only issue I have with GTX460 2WINs are that you can't SLI two of them for quad SLI. Just hurts your upgrade path compared to the usual Dual-GPU cards.

 

[itsrickjames]

There was a recent post where someone had issues still with SLI enabled. The fix is simple just disable SLI while folding and enable it when needed.

 

[jebo_4jc]

SLI enabled or disabled seems to have no effect wiht recent drivers.

$400 is a lot to pay for that card though. You can get a GTX580 for only $20-$30 more.

A 1GB GTX 460 is $140 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130570 so you'd be better off spending $120 toward a new mobo that supports SLI and buy two of those. I'm sure they'll clock higher being separate than two GPUs smashed together.

I suppose the only person that this card really works for is somebody like toconator who has an AMD mobo but wants to maximize PPD.

 

[Toconator]

at least until Bulldozer. rumors say NV has agreed to SLI for it ...