I have an EVGA 7950 GT (512 MB) video card and a 7900 GT (256 MB) video card. I need to know if I can couple these together in SLI for better performance? I thought I had heard that any cards in the same series could be coupled in SLI mode and I dont care if Im forced to use only 256 MB of RAM or if they run at the slowest speed between the 2 cards.
If it is possible, can anyone tell me how to do this please? I have the SLI bridges from both cards, do I need both and which card and which of the 2 DVI slots (as there are 2 per card) do I attach my monitor to?
Thanks a ton in advance for your answer and possibly saving me alot of money.
2007-07-04 09:20:32 · 2 answers · asked by eqronis2 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
It may work since both cards use Nvidia's G71 GPU. This could be of help:
http://peripherals.about.com/od/videographicscards/ss/enablesli.htm
2007-07-04 14:34:33 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the SLI site: http://www.slizone.com/page/slizone_faq.html#c3
It sounds like you *have* to have *identical* GPU chips on your video boards, although diff. mfgs., RAM and speeds are OK.
So, no, don't try it. 7950GT only with another 7950GT - *any* other 7950GT
2007-07-04 09:43:42 · answer #2 · answered by JimPettis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋