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Can i do another graphic card for physics on this motherboard?

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ChronoBodi   03-21-2009 at 07:05:43 AM

Gigabyte AM3 DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128377

I notice that it can do crossfire, but not SLI, however... can i run one Nvidia graphic card for gaming graphics and another Nvidia card for physics?

or is that still SLI?

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theAnimal   03-21-2009 at 07:18:19 AM
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Yes.

No.

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ChronoBodi   03-21-2009 at 07:20:28 AM
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be a bit more specific...

i can do two nvidia cards, one for gaming and one for physics, but NOT two Nvidia cards for gaming?

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wingmaster   03-21-2009 at 05:01:44 PM
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Yep I've seen you can do 1 for physx and 1 for graphics, but not SLI on AMD boards which is still nice as I can only afford 1 nice card for gaming. That will let me use cheaper card for physx or when I upgrade will use the card I've got now running games, will probably wait till some more games benefit from it though.

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ChronoBodi   03-21-2009 at 08:01:38 PM
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i see... seeing as you don't need such a beefy card for physics, which card would you recommend?

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wingmaster   03-21-2009 at 08:17:52 PM
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I would get at least a 9600gt or 9600gso, I would make sure that the gso has DDR3 on it though. I seen an article on adding a second card for physx and if you use a lower card on a high demanding game it will slow you down, slower than using a single card for graphics and physx.

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ChronoBodi   04-18-2009 at 01:42:47 PM
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i see... all you have to do is just put in the second card... but does it need the SLI bridge or are they seperate?

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