General SLI Question

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Mh0user

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i have a EVGA 256-P2-N567 7900GT KO Superclocked 256MB, PCI-E x16, Dual DVI. this card has since then been put into legacy. now i want to run the card in sli but i thought you had to have two of the same card. so my question is can i get a different brand 7900GT like BFG etc. and still have them work in SLI correctly?
 
Yes, just has to be the same core/ram type/amount, and it'll work fine regardless of brand. Clock speeds don't matter, but the faster card will downclock to meet the lower one. It's not likely to be cost-effective for you though, over an upgrade and selling your current card.
 
GoldenTiger said:
Yes, just has to be the same core/ram type/amount, and it'll work fine regardless of brand. Clock speeds don't matter, but the faster card will downclock to meet the lower one. It's not likely to be cost-effective for you though, over an upgrade and selling your current card.
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what would you recommend. i want to be able to run a westy 37in in 1080p playing games like WoW, EQ2, Guildwars, and newer FPS's
 
8800GT 512 then... if the $280ish price is too much, wait for the frenzy on them to die down and grab one for $230-250ish at that point in a few weeks :).
 
GoldenTiger said:
8800GT 512 then... if the $280ish price is too much, wait for the frenzy on them to die down and grab one for $230-250ish at that point in a few weeks :).
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well since you seem to know your stuff i have one more question what am2 board would you suggest

i've been looking at the msi k9n diamond for a a64 x2 4000+ that i happend to stumble apon in a hp i got for 40 bucks

any suggestions to a better board will be greatly appericated
 
Mh0user said:
well since you seem to know your stuff i have one more question what am2 board would you suggest

i've been looking at the msi k9n diamond for a a64 x2 4000+ that i happend to stumble apon in a hp i got for 40 bucks

any suggestions to a better board will be greatly appericated
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On that topic, I'm going to have to let someone else answer, as I'm not familiar with the more recent boards for the AMD side of things right now :).
 
GoldenTiger said:
Nah, just haven't looked at the AMD stuff much since I went from an X2 S939 to a Core 2 a few ago.
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yeah right now i'm still running my MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum think it is bout time to upgrade before i get left behind
 
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