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I have 2x geForce 8800 GTS 512mb GPUs on a nForce 780i SLI mobo. However, I have 4gb of Corsair 6400C5DHX memory. In the BIOS is tells me that this memory isn’t SLI ready. So, I have two questions:
 
First, how can you tell if SLI is running properly?  
 
Second, I’ve heard that the memory doesn’t need to be SLI ready to run it, but how do I get it to work, and is there any performance degradation by not having SLI ready memory?
 
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WARNING: Some RAMs have SLI or CrossFire logo on them. Many people ask if they are the only RAMs which support SLI or Crossfire.  
Well thats wrong , there are many RAMs which dont have SLI or CrossFire logo but you can use SLI or CrossFire with them without any problem.


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Maziar wrote :

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/foru [...] sfire-faqs
 
WARNING: Some RAMs have SLI or CrossFire logo on them. Many people ask if they are the only RAMs which support SLI or Crossfire.  
Well thats wrong , there are many RAMs which dont have SLI or CrossFire logo but you can use SLI or CrossFire with them without any problem.


 
 And I will be happy give a second opinion suporting what Maziar is saying, I have never heard of it, there may be a performance reason similar to having matched modules or something but Im guessing its just a marketing thing.  
 If anyone knows differant please share the knowledge  
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Marketing gimmick in my opinion...
Same with SLi-certified PSUs....  :lol:  
I have 2 8800GTXs in SLi and 4x1Gb Corsair PC6400 C4 DHX which isn't SLi certified, and nothing has exploded yet!  :lol:  :D


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garyknowz1 wrote :

First, how can you tell if SLI is running properly?


In the Nvidia control panel choose 'advanced view' at the top you should have 'file' 'edit'  'view' & '3d settings', click on 3d settings and then click 'show SLI visual indicators' this will bring up green bars on the left of the screen whenever Sli is used.


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