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Re: Question On SLI [message #280439 is a reply to message #280419] |
Wed, 22 August 2007 06:36 |
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trooprm02
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IF you want a stable system, dont bother with SLI. Most motherboards that are so called "SLI" actually are just barely able to run 2 GPU's, and story with PSU's. Also, SLI means no overclocking unless your motherboard has PCI/AGP locks, and even then alot of things can go wrong. I returned my 2 mid range SLI cards, in exchange bought 1 high end card. Btw, if your using XP, it not meant for SLI, so things like chkdsk/f on bootup wont work, loading up safemode doesnt show, and little things like that give everyone problems
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Re: Question On SLI [message #280482 is a reply to message #280419] |
Wed, 22 August 2007 13:09 |
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luv2pb
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What troop is talking about is cheap boards that are not true SLI. The ones that run the vid cards at half to make it work and seem cool. What dotile has it a real SLI board that actually uses both cards fully. But they tend to run quit a few more bucks. I have one 8800GTS and see no reason to add a second one. Even though I could.
But to answer your original qestion both my vid card and mother board both came with that stupid connector. What my video card didn't come with was the power adapter I needed (assholes). So I just bought a better power supply with the plug already on it lol.
over heating vid cards = bad fyi.
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Re: Question On SLI [message #280499 is a reply to message #280439] |
Wed, 22 August 2007 14:25 |
Caveman
Messages: 2476 Registered: July 2005 Location: Wales, UK
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trooprm02 wrote on Wed, 22 August 2007 14:36 | IF you want a stable system, dont bother with SLI. Most motherboards that are so called "SLI" actually are just barely able to run 2 GPU's, and story with PSU's. Also, SLI means no overclocking unless your motherboard has PCI/AGP locks, and even then alot of things can go wrong. I returned my 2 mid range SLI cards, in exchange bought 1 high end card. Btw, if your using XP, it not meant for SLI, so things like chkdsk/f on bootup wont work, loading up safemode doesnt show, and little things like that give everyone problems
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Dude wtf you talking about. If you have a SLI setup and you want to overclock both cards you don't need to have a PCI and/or AGP locks because you're not using them for graphics. You don't even overclock the graphics card via BIOS. So it wouldn't apply anyways.
To answer your question joe. The SLI adaptor comes with the SLI motherboard.
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Re: Question On SLI [message #280547 is a reply to message #280439] |
Wed, 22 August 2007 18:11 |
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trooprm02 wrote on Wed, 22 August 2007 09:36 | IF you want a stable system, dont bother with SLI. Most motherboards that are so called "SLI" actually are just barely able to run 2 GPU's, and story with PSU's. Also, SLI means no overclocking unless your motherboard has PCI/AGP locks, and even then alot of things can go wrong. I returned my 2 mid range SLI cards, in exchange bought 1 high end card. Btw, if your using XP, it not meant for SLI, so things like chkdsk/f on bootup wont work, loading up safemode doesnt show, and little things like that give everyone problems
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Hi my name is Trooptard and I think I know stuff about computers.
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Re: Question On SLI [message #280563 is a reply to message #280547] |
Wed, 22 August 2007 19:37 |
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Quackpunk
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Aprime wrote on Wed, 22 August 2007 20:11 |
trooprm02 wrote on Wed, 22 August 2007 09:36 | IF you want a stable system, dont bother with SLI. Most motherboards that are so called "SLI" actually are just barely able to run 2 GPU's, and story with PSU's. Also, SLI means no overclocking unless your motherboard has PCI/AGP locks, and even then alot of things can go wrong. I returned my 2 mid range SLI cards, in exchange bought 1 high end card. Btw, if your using XP, it not meant for SLI, so things like chkdsk/f on bootup wont work, loading up safemode doesnt show, and little things like that give everyone problems
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Hi my name is Trooptard and I think I know stuff about computers.
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shutup. your only colonel wait till your a little higher
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Re: Question On SLI [message #280573 is a reply to message #280482] |
Wed, 22 August 2007 21:16 |
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trooprm02
Messages: 3266 Registered: August 2005 Location: Canada
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luv2pb wrote on Wed, 22 August 2007 15:09 | What troop is talking about is cheap boards that are not true SLI. The ones that run the vid cards at half to make it work and seem cool. What dotile has it a real SLI board that actually uses both cards fully. But they tend to run quit a few more bucks. I have one 8800GTS and see no reason to add a second one. Even though I could.
But to answer your original qestion both my vid card and mother board both came with that stupid connector. What my video card didn't come with was the power adapter I needed (assholes). So I just bought a better power supply with the plug already on it lol.
over heating vid cards = bad fyi.
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Sorta. My Mainboard is 1 of the most expensive SLI boards asus sells, the a8n sli deluxe. Its got the EZ connector/bridge, EZ Power plug, which is just the molex connecotor to the mobo vs a pci-e connector from the PSU, and they have spaced it out 3 slots in between for cooling, but even with individual heatsinks and fans on both my gpu's, with overclocking, my system would hang at boot. That with OCZ StealthXStream 600W PSU (so thats not the issue), nor is the motherboard. Yet my single card runs about 7C cooler and takes up less space, and I can see my chkdsk
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Re: Question On SLI [message #280578 is a reply to message #280419] |
Wed, 22 August 2007 21:51 |
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Spice
Messages: 1448 Registered: November 2003 Location: Ohio
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The bridge shouldn't come with your video cards. They'll come packaged with your motherboard.
If not you can get them off any computer website for like... five dollars. They're not hard to find.
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Re: Question On SLI [message #281217 is a reply to message #280725] |
Mon, 27 August 2007 02:34 |
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Goztow
Messages: 9737 Registered: March 2005 Location: Belgium
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Slave wrote on Fri, 24 August 2007 14:58 | Silly Tanner,
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Tx for the reminder.
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Re: Question On SLI [message #281227 is a reply to message #281206] |
Mon, 27 August 2007 04:27 |
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sadukar09
Messages: 2812 Registered: May 2007 Location: Ottawa,Canada
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DarkDemin wrote on Mon, 27 August 2007 02:40 |
trooprm02 wrote on Sun, 26 August 2007 21:18 |
DarkDemin wrote on Sun, 26 August 2007 20:16 |
trooprm02 wrote on Wed, 22 August 2007 09:36 | look I'm a moron!
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I have nothing better to do with my shithole of a life but insult people on the ENET for ECREDIT
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^your a disgrace to the human race as they say.
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You're a disgrace to the human race as they confirmed.
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