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[Solved] Can you SLI a 9800GTX+ with a GTS250?

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liquidsnake718   10-21-2009 at 04:22:56 AM

Is it possible since this is the same chip and do they use the same drivers? I mean I know its exactly the same card essentially...

How about an 8800 Ultra? Would they work in SLI since it is also uses G92architechture? I doubt this would work as the 9xxx series had different drivers from the 8xxx series, but Im not so sure about the 9xxx to the 2xx?

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on onboard BIOS on the cards is different.
won't recognize the two cards as the same
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arges86   10-21-2009 at 06:38:07 AM

the 8800 series uses the same drivers as the 200 series...
but they can't be in SLI.
The software on the card is different enough that i don't believe that works. Even though its the same hardware.

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renz496   10-21-2009 at 07:04:22 AM

9800GTX+ and GTS250 are the same thing but GTS250 use less power than 9800GTX+.

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liquidsnake718   10-21-2009 at 10:20:35 AM

arges86 wrote :

the 8800 series uses the same drivers as the 200 series...
but they can't be in SLI.
The software on the card is different enough that i don't believe that works. Even though its the same hardware.




SO its confirmed that the software is different? What article says so? I will check it out if I have time.... I know my card the 9800gtx+ has hybrid SLI enabled with the proper MB but the GTS250 doesnt.... so I would assume the software is different thus making the driver totally different....

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Maziar   10-21-2009 at 02:39:38 PM

No you can't SLI a 9800GTX+ with a GTS 250 because they have a different architecture,the cards need to be the same model in order to run in SLI mode
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] l#t2006285
Check the 12" post and the answers of it or look at the first page which contains the FAQs about SLI and CF

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arges86   10-21-2009 at 06:48:41 PM
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on onboard BIOS on the cards is different.
won't recognize the two cards as the same

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renz496   10-21-2009 at 09:55:43 PM

so the card's BIOS makes the difference between the two....


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liquidsnake718   10-28-2009 at 03:29:36 AM

However I do know that the 8800 Ultra and the 9800gtx + used the same drivers and in Vista initially the 9800GTX was read as an 8800 Ultra, This was about a year and a half ago.............

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   10-28-2009 at 03:48:26 AM

liquidsnake718 wrote :

However I do know that the 8800 Ultra and the 9800gtx + used the same drivers and in Vista initially the 9800GTX was read as an 8800 Ultra, This was about a year and a half ago.............


How is that is that going to help?

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Anonymous   11-04-2009 at 06:03:55 AM

Actually, you can sli the two, but only if you flash a gts 250 bios onto the 9800gtx+ card. go to this site to find out how...

http://www.cpu3d.com/article/7481- [...] ction.html

It will show you how to turn your gtx+ into a 250 for free!!

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Maziar   11-04-2009 at 08:35:15 AM

Yes but its not recommended

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liquidsnake718   11-04-2009 at 08:48:43 AM

Anonymous wrote :

Actually, you can sli the two, but only if you flash a gts 250 bios onto the 9800gtx+ card. go to this site to find out how...

http://www.cpu3d.com/article/7481- [...] ction.html

It will show you how to turn your gtx+ into a 250 for free!!




Really? I guess its useless since my motherboard doesnt have two slots, but at least its good to know that Nvidia has kept the 8800Ultra around for as long as GTS250..... Its actually amazing that it has lasted almost 5 years on the GPU market and is STILL considerd a middle end card that can run games like Crysis on High....

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