Nvidia gpus on crossfire?
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nvidia gpu does SLI not crossfire
SLI required min of 2 x8 slot
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5484#sp
only got 1 x16 the other is x4
depend of which intel cpu you are getting, it might be better off with the iGPU
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html
SLI required min of 2 x8 slot
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5484#sp
only got 1 x16 the other is x4
depend of which intel cpu you are getting, it might be better off with the iGPU
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html
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He has two full size PCIE x16 slots.
I do believe that a 8800 GTX 512mb will run just fine on a x4 slot, it isn't like its going to saturate the x8.
There is no explicit requirement that SLI must use 2 x8 slots, its just recommended to eliminate bottleneck. Considering the age of the card and the fact that it is PCIE 3.0, the card could probably run on a modified x1 slot...
You can SLI two 8800GTS on that board.
I do believe that a 8800 GTX 512mb will run just fine on a x4 slot, it isn't like its going to saturate the x8.
There is no explicit requirement that SLI must use 2 x8 slots, its just recommended to eliminate bottleneck. Considering the age of the card and the fact that it is PCIE 3.0, the card could probably run on a modified x1 slot...
You can SLI two 8800GTS on that board.
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Size don't matter, it what it run on. and SLI is license by nvidia, the mobo need to meet the requirement 2 x8, and paid nvidia to have it on the mobo(bios? something?), so they can put it on the spec. I don't see anywhere it said SLI anywhere on gigabyte site for the mobo. Do you?
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
(All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
2 x PCI slots
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Incorrect, SLI requires 2 x8 slots to work, the cards may run fine on an x4 or even x1 slot, but that doesn't mean it will SLI. As well the board needs to be set up TO SLI, of which that board is not.
So no, you cannot SLI 2 8800GTS on that board, aside from the fact of why would you even bother, they are ancient, the Integrated 530 GPU is faster than one of them.
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http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5484#ov
Gigabyte says the board can handle CrossFire (which is only for AMD GPUs), but makes no mention of SLI (which is for nVidia GPUs). So, I'm going to say the chances of SLI are nil.
Gigabyte says the board can handle CrossFire (which is only for AMD GPUs), but makes no mention of SLI (which is for nVidia GPUs). So, I'm going to say the chances of SLI are nil.
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Unless he plans on building a retro gaming rig or running resolution of games at 1024x768, a 512MB 8800GT is at least four years beyond meeting the minimum gaming standards of games released. For example Crysis 2 and BF3 released in 2011 were games that set it as a minimum GPU. By 2012 most games like Mass Effect 3 and Far Cry 3 required more GPU power and VRAM as a minimum.
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