I recently received a home-built computer, and it has these four NVidia "SLI Compatible" 16GB sticks. They look almost exactly like ram sticks, except they are shaped slightly different. When plugged into my motherboard, they each give me 1GB of regular ram, but I believe that they do more than that. Can anyone tell me what these are used for or what they improve in the computer? Thanks so much to anyone who can answer this question!
SLI Compatible sticks
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MauveCloud
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I've never heard of system memory sticks being advertised as "SLI compatible" before, but SLI is primarily related to the video cards. System memory should have almost no effect on the SLI performance, and I don't know of any way the system memory could cause SLI to fail, so it's most likely pure marketing hype. Also, either you mistyped the size the first time, or they're giving you a lot less memory than claimed. Since you say they're shaped slightly different, it might help if you post a photo of them.
OCZ technology made OCZ NVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition memory a few years ago before going out of the memory business. It was more of a marketing gimmick.
The memory was equipped with NVIDIA Enhanced Performance Profiles (EPP) to optimize the modules’ performance on nForce SLI-based motherboards. OCZ exclusively engineered select high-performance modules with advanced SPD (Serial Presence Detect) settings to allow compatible motherboards to recognize and utilize the added information, ultimately increasing the performance potential of the entire platform.
The memory was equipped with NVIDIA Enhanced Performance Profiles (EPP) to optimize the modules’ performance on nForce SLI-based motherboards. OCZ exclusively engineered select high-performance modules with advanced SPD (Serial Presence Detect) settings to allow compatible motherboards to recognize and utilize the added information, ultimately increasing the performance potential of the entire platform.
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