Mixed SLI Question

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Defiler

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I have heard quite a lot in regards of running SLI with 2 different graphics cards... I currently have a 9800gtx+, and a friend of mine just upgraded his PC giving me his old 8800gts...

Would I get any benefit running those 2 cards in SLI? Could one card do physics processing, taking strain off cpu and increasing FPS? Would this work, or is it a waste of time running these 2 cards in SLI?
 
Defiler said:
I have heard quite a lot in regards of running SLI with 2 different graphics cards... I currently have a 9800gtx+, and a friend of mine just upgraded his PC giving me his old 8800gts...

Would I get any benefit running those 2 cards in SLI? Could one card do physics processing, taking strain off cpu and increasing FPS? Would this work, or is it a waste of time running these 2 cards in SLI?
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add them both, but no sli. one for Physx and other for gpu. then afaik it would work as what you want it to be :confused:
 
Nope, you cannot pair graphics cards that are from different families in SLI! You can read here: SLI Zone - FAQ

I've once ran a P3 500MHz + P3 450MHz CPU on a single server motherboard and it was a complete disaster with Half-Life 1 :D
 
Pada said:
Nope, you cannot pair graphics cards that are from different families in SLI! You can read here: SLI Zone - FAQ

I've once ran a P3 500MHz + P3 450MHz CPU on a single server motherboard and it was a complete disaster with Half-Life 1 :D
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however you should be able to stick them in non-sli-ed, and then use one for physics ? i would think so...
 
Thanks guys, that clears up a lot of stuff that was going through my head...

Looks like I will just disable SLI and run the 8800gts for physx, would rather do that then just have the card sitting collecting dust.

Time to do some benchmarks and compare results!!!
 
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