To SLI or not to SLI? A couple of questions.

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Matthew Rutter

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I plan on experimenting with SLI in the near future. I hear that some games that are not optimized for SLI can take a performance hit. I plan on getting a GTX 760 4gig alongside my current EVGA card of the same type this coming cyber monday. Is there an option or mode that utilizes a single card while SLI'ed for games not optimized for SLI? Would a 1440 resolution monitor be possible with these cards at reasonable frame speeds alongside the current 1080 in dual monitor setup? What is the flexibility in functionality concerning this setup and what part of this setup limits potential? Will I have enough power with my 600W Bronze? I have a haswell i5 (small 3.9g oc atm),16 gig 2133 corsair ram, asrock z87 extreme 3, windows 7, 128g ssd w/ OS, 500g 7200 hdd.
Thanks.

Also, is a sound card really worth it for gaming and media enjoyment?
 
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Yes, you can run a single card while you have the cards set up in physical SLI; all you have to do is activate/deactivate SLI in the control panel.

It would be perfectly reasonable to game at 1440p with 760s in SLI. You might not be able to max everything in every game, but it's a worthy setup.

I don't really see any limitation, as long as the card has outputs for both monitors, you should be fine.

It depends on what 600w PSU you're running, what is the exact model?
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Yes, you can run a single card while you have the cards set up in physical SLI; all you have to do is activate/deactivate SLI in the control panel.

It would be perfectly reasonable to game at 1440p with 760s in SLI. You might not be able to max everything in every game, but it's a worthy setup.

I don't really see any limitation, as long as the card has outputs for both monitors, you should be fine.

It depends on what 600w PSU you're running, what is the exact model?
 
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if a game does not support, or work properly with sli, it will automatically just use one card. you can also disable sli, or change sli mode in nvidia control panel to use single gpu if you have problems, without removing the second card. You can also force different sli rendering modes that may work with non-officially supported games, although if a game doesnt support sli its probably not a demanding game so no probs. I have yet to find a game that doesnt work with sli, the technology has been around for a long time now, and works very well. I cant say the same for the crossfire rig i used to have earlier this year.
 
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@ cuecuemore I have this power supply. https://shop.pcpower.com/products/description/Silencer_Mk_III_600W/index.html. BTW Thank you for answering! Really appreciate it.

@ dish_moose Just a general question for when i get it this coming month is all.
 
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That's one of the highest quality 600w PSUs ever made, so you'll be fine at stock or with a mild/moderate overclock. I'm not sure about Haswell/Kepler power consumption (I run SB/AMD GPU) but you may be able to take your PSU all the way to the limit with a very heavy overclock, but I kinda doubt it.
 
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