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Nerdherder   02-02-2006 at 08:57:21 PM

Right now I have:

AMD 64 3500+
1 gig ram
eVGA 7800 gt OC

Would I be able to SLI that with a new 7800 GTX 512, or even the Next Gen cards coming out in march?

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chuckshissle   02-02-2006 at 09:19:39 PM
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Im afraid not my friend. You can however SLI different brand/manufacturer using the 81.98 driver, but you as far as I know you cannot SLI card with different models/gen.
Ex: BFG 7800 GT compatible with Evga 7800 GT
note: the same gen/model 7800 GT

7800 GT is not compatible with 7800 GTX, 7900, 6800, etc. :wink:

Beside with a good cooling system like water cooling you can overclock a 7800 GT SLI to a performance similar to that of a GTX but however you cannot increase/overclock pixel shader. GT has 20 and GTX has 24.

But who knows maybe nvidia is gonna release a new driver that would enable two graphics card of different manufacturer and model to run together.

That's a good thing about ATI being able to run x1800 crossfire with a X1900 crossfire ready.

But one good thing about the 7800 GT is u can snag one for around $280-$340 half the price of a decent 7800 GTX. Then you can get a water cooling system with it.

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gersson   02-02-2006 at 09:29:03 PM
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To avoid issues, just try to buy the exact same card.
BTW, running 2 7800GT's in SLI is the same thing as 1 x1900xt. I recommend you sell the GT and buy the ATI card.

To be exact, that's exactly what I just did. I had 2 7800GTs in SLI and sold 1 so far -- the other one is in negociations...


My goal 1 x1900xt or a "7900GTX" that will be out soon.

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Maxiius   02-02-2006 at 10:47:29 PM
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"7900GTX" that will be out soon.



I wouldn't count on the "soon" part of that statement. Unless soon is = to 3-4 months...or more

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