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L1qu1d   10-17-2008 at 01:06:45 AM

Actually its not really a stupid question its more of a trust question.

People keep saying that when you SLI cards, if 1 is a stock version and 1 is an OC version, does it really matter which of the 2 goes in the first slot?

I personally think it doesn't but can any else either back up my answer or just teach me otherwise:P


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invisik   10-17-2008 at 01:14:30 AM
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It does not matter. If it were up to me i would place the faster card on the 1st slot so games not supporting sli would benefit due to faster clocks.

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L1qu1d   10-17-2008 at 01:16:10 AM
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Practically that makes sense. but even if the game doesn't support sli but your in SLI mode, doesn't the card still run @ the downclocked speeds? i mean they are still linked, unless you turn off SLI, but I think even then they are still linked.

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emp   10-17-2008 at 01:23:46 AM
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I'm pretty sure it defaults to slower clocks, however stock cards are 98% of time able to reach the mildly OC version speeds (I say mild OC because those factory overclocks are usually a joke, except for a few).


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invisik   10-17-2008 at 01:24:11 AM
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well yes because the slower card cant keep up with the faster card causing bottleneck which can lead to instability.

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L1qu1d   10-17-2008 at 01:27:25 AM
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well I dunno, I have a weird setup, I ahve 1 280 GTX OC1, OC2 and OCX.

I just oced them all to OCX, but didn't kno if I should take the OCX from the middle and just stick it in the first slot.

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The_Blood_Raven   10-17-2008 at 01:27:51 AM
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Use Rivatuner and overclock both cards even higher than the OC version was and you will be fine...

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invisik   10-17-2008 at 01:54:37 AM
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L1qu1d wrote :

well I dunno, I have a weird setup, I ahve 1 280 GTX OC1, OC2 and OCX.

I just oced them all to OCX, but didn't kno if I should take the OCX from the middle and just stick it in the first slot.



You wont gain any increase in performance. I see no point of it.

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L1qu1d   10-17-2008 at 01:56:55 AM
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k thank god, cuz taking off that stupid tri connector is a pain on it's own.

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