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Running two graphics cards with the same GPU without SLI

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June 14, 2014 11:50:32 PM

Hello, very recently I bought two 1GB graphics cards:
Zotac GEFORCE GT 630. I recently bought these to run Watch Dogs.

However I have an SLI bridge but the graphics cards don't have the Gold finger port at the top in order to place the SLI bridge on. So is there anyway to run them both at the same time without the SLI bridge or port?

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a b U Graphics card
June 14, 2014 11:59:38 PM

Unfortunately, you can't run two of those cards in SLI. What power supply and cpu do you have?
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June 15, 2014 8:13:01 AM

I have a Custom built PC which I bought off a friend of mine. So I don't know the power supply, but the CPU is an AMD Athlon(tm) II x4 635.

And I know I can't run it with SLI I was wondering if I can run both at the same time in another way besides SLI.
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June 15, 2014 9:24:00 AM

no u can't.only thing to do sell both & get a better one.
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a b U Graphics card
June 16, 2014 12:00:12 AM

Can you look inside your computer and see what psu you have? If you can't find out what psu you have or how many amps it has on the +12v rail, then I would recommend getting the GeForce GTX 750 ti as it should be able to run on pretty much any psu (like 300W).

You could also go for the gtx 750 (non-ti).

However I would recommend going for the AMD R7 260X as it has better performance than the 750ti for a lot less. This is only if your psu is of a good enough quality tho and is at least 400W. I'm not sure exactly how many amps your psu should have to run it, but if your psu has at least 19-20A on the +12v rail, you should be fine. The 260X uses 129 max when bitcoin mining (as seen here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-280x-r9-2...).

Sell your old gt 630's
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