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April 13, 2014 11:54:42 AM

Hi , soon i will get a new monitor and im gonna have a dual monitor setup
and after that i will get another one to have a triple monitor setup ,
currently i have a Msi gtx660 oc twin frozr III and after i get the triple monitor setup , i want to get another graphics card for SLI , but this model is not producing anymore , can i get another gtx660 , lets say asus DirectCUII? i really want to know if the sli will work or not

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April 13, 2014 12:00:40 PM

yes as long as its the same chip and amount of vram, if one card is has a slightly fast clock speed put that in the first pci express slot.
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April 13, 2014 12:05:56 PM

You do not need to have the exact same card, as it is the same chip, but they will both run at the same speed as the slowest one, so make sure to get one with an equal or greater speed and the same amount of memory. You also need to have a motherboard that supports SLI, and a sufficient power supply. What is your current setup? If your motherboard or power supply are not sufficient for SLI, your best choice will most likely be a single, newer card with more VRAM.
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April 13, 2014 12:31:40 PM

ewok93 said:
You do not need to have the exact same card, as it is the same chip, but they will both run at the same speed as the slowest one, so make sure to get one with an equal or greater speed and the same amount of memory. You also need to have a motherboard that supports SLI, and a sufficient power supply. What is your current setup? If your motherboard or power supply are not sufficient for SLI, your best choice will most likely be a single, newer card with more VRAM.

ewok93 let me tell my setup and please tell me if its compatible my setup with gtx660 in sli
Motherboard : gigabyte 970a-ds3
ram : corsair vengeance 8gb 1866mhz
cpu : amd fx-6300
case : cooler master haf 922
gpu : gtx 660 msi twin frozr III
psu : spire 750w , the model its unkown , when i build the pc i haven't got money for psu and a friend gave me this... and works good
im to lazy to tell everything :D  i told only what needed

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April 13, 2014 12:40:47 PM

Your motherboard supports crossfire, but not SLI, sorry. You can only do SLI if you get a new motherboard. Your current one is a pretty nice motherboard, so there's not much of a reason to upgrade it just for SLI when you can just get a new card. You're going to spend at least $300 on a new 660 and motherboard, so you might as well get something like a 280.
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April 13, 2014 12:44:09 PM

ewok93 said:
Your motherboard supports crossfire, but not SLI, sorry. You can only do SLI if you get a new motherboard. Your current one is a pretty nice motherboard, so there's not much of a reason to upgrade it just for SLI when you can just get a new card. You're going to spend at least $300 on a new 660 and motherboard, so you might as well get something like a 280.


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thanks for help anyway , i cant sell it ... i think everything will work fine like that too...
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April 13, 2014 12:46:19 PM

Fine like what? Sorry, I'm not sure what you're saying.
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April 13, 2014 1:04:33 PM

ewok93 said:
Fine like what? Sorry, I'm not sure what you're saying.


i said that will work fine only with one gtx660
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April 13, 2014 1:05:39 PM

Yes, it will work with one 660, but not two. If you want to upgrade, your best option is a more powerful single card.
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