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Will an nvidia card work on a non nforce motherboard?? Please help!!

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edd677   12-10-2007 at 03:03:39 AM

Hi,

I have been wondering for a long time, and haven't been able to find the answer to my question.

Do nvidia graphics cards (for example the 8800gt) work on motherboards that aren't nForce boards (e.g. the intel x38 range)?????????

More specifically, will the 8800gt work on a asus P5W64 WS?

Please help me i have been trying to find this out for ages!!

Thanks, Ed

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smokedyou911   12-10-2007 at 03:23:04 AM
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yes, they will even work on ati chipsets. You just cannot go sli on ati chipsets.

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edd677   12-10-2007 at 03:26:45 AM
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But you can go sli on a standard chipset, an x38 for example?

Thanks alot!!

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Blackra1n   12-10-2007 at 03:51:28 AM
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edd677 wrote :

But you can go sli on a standard chipset, an x38 for example?

Thanks alot!!


You can only run SLi on nforce boards, crossfire can run on the X38, don't confuse SLi and CF

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starcraftfanatic   12-10-2007 at 04:03:52 AM
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You may run an Nvidia card on almost any board with a PCI-e 16x slot. The only thing you may not do if the board is not nforce is run SLI.

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