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Quick question about running cards in SLI

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November 21, 2013 10:57:18 PM

Currently I have an EVGA nVidia GTX 560 1GB video card and I am about to purchase an EVGA 660 TI 2GB video card (Super excited!! :bounce: )

I have an Asus M5A97 Rev 1.xx motherboard (sorry if that doesn't make sense - I copied it directly from Belarc Advisor)

My power Supply is a 750 Watt Thermal Take bronze, and I have a 4.15 gigahertz AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core processor.

Firstly, can my Asus M5A97 even run a EVGA 660TI?

Is it possible to run these two cards in SLI (nVidia GTX 560 1GB + nVidia 660 TI 2GB)?

Does my 750 Watt Power Supply have enough juice to even run the 660 TI?

If possible to run those two in SLI, does my power supply have have enough juice ?

If so, how do I go about setting up the SLI configuration?

If this is a question that seems absurd not to know the answer to - I apologize for my ignorance, I am not very computer savvy.

Thank you very much in advance,

Michael

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November 21, 2013 11:07:25 PM

Your motherboard should run the 660 ti just fine.

SLI requires two similar cards, therefore you cannot SLI the 560 with the 660 ti.

However, if your PSU has enough power connectors, you can hook up your 560 to your other PCI-E slot and set it so that your 560 is a dedicated PhysX card. I don't know how good that would be since the 2nd lane will be running at 4x. I would just suggest using the 660 ti by itself and donating the 560 to a friend, or use it in a HTPC.
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November 21, 2013 11:17:26 PM

enemy1g said:
Your motherboard should run the 660 ti just fine.

SLI requires two similar cards, therefore you cannot SLI the 560 with the 660 ti.

However, if your PSU has enough power connectors, you can hook up your 560 to your other PCI-E slot and set it so that your 560 is a dedicated PhysX card. I don't know how good that would be since the 2nd lane will be running at 4x. I would just suggest using the 660 ti by itself and donating the 560 to a friend, or use it in a HTPC.


Wow, thank you so much for the quick reply... I am so excited now! So I guess although it is PCI-E 3.0, it is backwards compatible to be able to be ran on a mobo only boasting PCI-E 2.0 capabilities?

Also - I am buying the card from a good friend of mine and he is asking $160... Is this a good price? (Almost certain it is from what I've looked at, but I keep randomly seeing it for like $200 and it comes with a few free games)

Thanks again!
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