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Zotac GTX 770 Amp and GTX 770 lightning sli?

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August 24, 2014 10:41:09 AM

Hi guys I own the GTX 770 Lightning graphics card and I'm about to SLI, I've been going over this many times through my head. I couldn't find another Lightning new on the market due to the fact that its discontinued, which will make me think Twice before buying a MSI graphics card in the future because this is a very popular card and it's very peculiar for what ever their reasons are for discontinuing this line.

But I found the Zotac amp for $319 on amazon new and, I'ts one of the only few gtx clocked to the lightning out of box at 1150, I was going to get the EVGA 770 classified but its more expensive and its 4GB instead of 2gb ram like the lightning and the only reason I was was going to buy it was its cooler in all sense of the word in temps and persona then Zotac and to future proof it.

So what do you guys think of Zotac and would you be embarrassed to have it in your machine?

Basically talk me into buying it or talk me out of buying it

Thanks

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August 28, 2014 4:40:08 PM

One reason. Those two are not compatible with eachother they cannot be different brands. Even if it is the same card.
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August 29, 2014 8:35:41 AM

Thats not true boss man all GTX 770's of the same card different brand can sli check this out it states it here on Linus tech tips and all the other
forums.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxc6cb3_y0w

Got to do your homework boss man before commenting appreciated thou.
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August 29, 2014 2:35:10 PM

They cannot. Unless the mhz is the exact same and all other such as vram. They need to have same everything which is tough to find.
-Jay
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August 29, 2014 4:13:49 PM

They just have to be gtx 770's. If one 770 is faster clock such as 1150 and has more vram as 4gb and the other 770 is clocked to 1050 and has 2gb, then the faster 770 will declock it's self to the 1050 clock speed and not use the extra 2GB of memory. So both gtx 770's will be clocked to 1050hz and have 2gb of vram, please boss man trust me I have done this before and I know your trying to help but you are mis-informed once again. All I asked was if you would buy the Zotac amp and what you think of the card thanks.
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August 29, 2014 4:46:54 PM

Once you find out they don't work with eachother don't talk to me. But I do think the Zotac GTX 770 is a great card and I have the Zotac gtx 780 and it is great.
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August 29, 2014 5:12:45 PM

I personally prefer EVGA or Asus, but I would not be embarrassed to have a Zotac card in my build. It gets the job done and they are a solid company, and I haven't heard anything bad about them.

The only thing that would bother me is that the cards don't match, in which case my OCD would get the best of me :p 

Go for it!
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August 29, 2014 5:15:47 PM

ccoo84, you have it right. For SLI, the faster card will downclock to meet the lower card, provided they are both gtx770. They can be different manufacturers.
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