If I have (1) MSI 8800 Ultra OC card right now and wish to buy a second card in the future to run SLI, will I have to buy the same exact card in order to have it run properly? Or, it is possible to buy whatever newer card comes out in the next say 6 months and have 2 diff. nvidia cards running simultaneously?
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SLI Question
- Thread starter danzaman
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Betrayer00GT
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Not in SLI, no.
You can use two different cards at the same time, with a monitor(s) on each, but they cannot cooperatively render (SLI) unless they are the same or can be made the same (ie: 8800GTS 320MB and a 8800GTS 640MB where the drivers do not use/discard half the RAM on the one with more to make it 320MB, also - thus SLI with "dual 8800GTS 320MB" cards).
You can use two different cards at the same time, with a monitor(s) on each, but they cannot cooperatively render (SLI) unless they are the same or can be made the same (ie: 8800GTS 320MB and a 8800GTS 640MB where the drivers do not use/discard half the RAM on the one with more to make it 320MB, also - thus SLI with "dual 8800GTS 320MB" cards).
You can use two of the same model number. 8600 GTS with 8600 GTS, or 8800 GTX with 8800 GTX, but not 8800 GTS and 8800 GTX even tho they are the same core.. The manufature can be different, the core/ram speeds can be different. Not sure about RAM size.
Betrayer00GT
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Not sure about RAM size.
It disables the extra ram in the card with more. also, with different speed cards, the faster one is set to the speed of the slower one for SLI operation.