2 graphics cards...

mathews2010

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for a better vista rating with 2 graphics cards, do both cards have to be the same...? cuz i got an 8400 gs and 6200turbo and my rating is the same as i had with a 8400gs...no performance upgrade
 

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The Performance indicator in Vista is a guide only. And Did you upgrade your Power supply so it can actually run 2 cards without running short on power?
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Home Build
    CPU
    AM2 Black
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte S-Series
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    G/F 9600 GT
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22in LCDX2
    Hard Drives
    to many to list
    PSU
    Home Build
    Case
    God knows
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    yes with Buttons
    Mouse
    yes got one and a Cat
    Internet Speed
    1.5mb
Think of crossfire and sli as a raid configurisation. Both cards or drives have to be exactly the same. I have heard of a second gfx card being used for phisx but this was on a test rig. The only bonus you will have is if you are running two monitors.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
    Trust Graphics Tablet
I went from one 8600GT to two 8600GTs in SLI and my performance rating went from a 5.5 to a 5.6. Performance in games went up about 40%, however.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    FRION
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @ 2.8 GHz
    Motherboard
    GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4
    Memory
    CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2 800 4-4-4-12
    Graphics Card(s)
    POWERCOLOR Radeon HD 4870
    Sound Card
    HT OMEGA Striker
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 24"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache x2 (RAID 0)
    PSU
    Silverstone Decathlon DA650
    Case
    Lian-Li V600B
    Cooling
    2x Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    10Mbit Cable
If you are wanting to run SLI or Crossfire, the cards need to be the same.

If you just stick a second card in there: (1) Vista will rate only one of them, and (2) The second card will do nothing except use power until you hook up a second monitor to it, and (3) the two cards will not be able to work together to power your (game) apps.

Since you have a P35 chipset: If you want to run two cards together you will have to go with a Crossfire setup, which means you must use ATI GPUs. SLI is an nVidia owned technology and nVidia do not license it to any company wanting to use SLI with a non nVidia chipset. So if you want SLI, you will have to use a motherboard with an nVidia chipset with your nVidia graphics cards.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Proudly Built by Me!
    CPU
    Intel Q6600
    Motherboard
    DFI UT LP P35 T2R
    Memory
    8GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 800 C44GK 4-4-4-12 2T
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon 4870x2
    Sound Card
    AuzenTech Prelude 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 Acer P243 24" and 1 Samsung T260 26" Monitor/HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    Both are running at 19x12
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 1TB 7200.11 (Vista x64)
    Seagate 500GB 7200.11 (Win 7 x64)
    PSU
    OCZ GameXtream 900w
    Other Info
    FSB at 400 (1600) Mhz, CPU Multi @ 8 for 3.2Ghz
If your MB supports it, and if you have three DUAL SLI CONNECTOR cards (like the 8800gtx), you can actually run three cards in SLI.

If the cards are different, you can run multiple monitors (I'm running 3 montiors, one 30" on the 8800gtx and two 20" on the 7900gtx).

I actually have a third pcix slot, which is not 16x but 8x, and it's not SLI'd, thus it can only be used for another vid card + 2 monitors, which I'll do in a couple of months..
 

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II actually have a third pcix slot, which is not 16x but 8x, and it's not SLI'd, thus it can only be used for another vid card + 2 monitors, which I'll do in a couple of months..
that 3rd slot is for Physics cards
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Me :P
    CPU
    Core 2 Quad Q6600
    Motherboard
    Abit IN9 32X MAX
    Memory
    8 GB OCZ PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition (4X2GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMP! GeForce GTX 260² 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 (650MHz/2100MHz
    Sound Card
    Realtek 7.1 CH HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Fujitsu siemens TFT + 32" LG HD LCD TV
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 + 1360x768
    Hard Drives
    150GB Raptor HDD
    500GB Caviar HDD
    PSU
    Thermaltake W0133RB 1200W PSU
    Case
    Antec 900
    Cooling
    Stock + Antec 900 case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15 (full layout)
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Revolution
Cards from two separate retail companies will work together in SLI mode, but they must be the same GPU model (e.g. G70, G73, G80, etc). The cards may have different BIOS revisions, different default clock speeds, or even different memory sizes. However, the fastest card - or the card with more memory - will run at the speed of the slower card or disable its additional memory

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