Tuesday, November 17, 2009

When running serial video cards, do the cards have to match maker, Gigs, etc?

I am considering running a nVIDIA Geforce 8600 GT 1GB PCI-E with an nVIDIA GeForce 8600GT 512MB PCI-E.





I would like to limit the feedback for this question to people that have acctually tried this configuration.

When running serial video cards, do the cards have to match maker, Gigs, etc?
This doesn't work in SLI mode unless you are running the exact same card.
Reply:For SLI, it has to be the same series, and memory size





Can I mix and match graphics cards?


In order to provide optimal symmetric scaling, SLI technology requires the NVIDIA GPUs to match. For example, a GeForce 7800 GTX must be paired with another GeForce 7800 GTX. Likewise, a GeForce 6600 GT must be paired with another GeForce 6600 GT. However, using the latest Release 80 or later graphics drivers, NVIDIA GPUs sold by different manufacturers can be used together in an SLI configuration. For example, a GeForce 7800 GT from vendor ABC can be matched with a GeForce 7800 GT from vendor XYZ.


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