single sli graphics card compatible with a crossfire ready motherboard?

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hatehereyes

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i'm asking this question simply because right now i have a geforce 8500 video card but i want to get a crossfire ready motherboard and sooner or later switch over to crossfire but i was wondering if i would be able to use my 8500 card in the motherboard just as a single video card set up.
 

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    Pentium 4 3.0ghz/ Dual Xeon 2.8ghz 8 cores
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    Intel D915GUX
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    4gb DDR2 533MHz Memory/4gb DDR2 FB-DIMM
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    ATI Radeon x600 Series/ATI Radeon x2600xt
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Yes it will be fine.

I'm running two 8600's on a crossfire mobo without any problems.
 

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    Ryzen 9 5950X
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    Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula
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    Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 64GB (4x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4
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    ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB ROG Strix LC OC
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oh ok thank you.

oh yeah and sorry about posting it in the wrong section.
i didn't realize i was still in the general discussion.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Pentium 4 3.0ghz/ Dual Xeon 2.8ghz 8 cores
    Motherboard
    Intel D915GUX
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 533MHz Memory/4gb DDR2 FB-DIMM
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon x600 Series/ATI Radeon x2600xt
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 19" Gateway FPD1965
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    2tb WD
    Velociraptor 300GB WD
    40gb
    Mac Pro - 500gb, 2x 320gb, 150gb
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