2 GTX 460s

[Mbernardo]

Thinkin about getting another GTX 460. Will they still work in SLI if one has different MB from the other?

 

[nforce4max]

You have not given hardly any information that I require to give advice. Without it there is nothing that can be said or advised.

 

[Mbernardo]

You have not given hardly any information that I require to give advice. Without it there is nothing that can be said or advised.

I have a EVGA GTX 460 768 MB and I wanna buy a GeForce GTX 460 SE Video Card - 1G.

My question is Can these 2 work together in SLI?

my mobo: GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD4-B3 Intel 6 Series Motherboard - ATX, Socket H2 (LGA1155), Intel P67 Express, 2133MHz DDR3, SATA 6.0 Gb/s, RAID, 7.1-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, USB 3.0, SLI/CrossFireX Ready

memory :Corsair CMZ6GX3M3A1600C9 Vengeance Desktop Memory Kit - 6GB (3x 2GB), PC3-12800, DDR3-1600MHz, 9-9-9-24 CAS Latency, Intel XMP Ready

cpu: Intel Core i5-2500K BX80623I52500 Unlocked Processor - Quad Core, 6MB L3 Cache, 3.30 GHz, Socket H2 (LGA1155)

psu: corsair 650 watts

 

[nforce4max]

First limitation is power 650w is pushing considering a stock gtx 460 768mb version tops out at 150w stock and around the same give or take for the se. The second problem is that the se will not enable sli with your existing card unless bios flash with an edited rom but since fermi cards are hard to flash and editor tools are hard to find it is not worth the effort.

So only consider sli with a second 768mb version gtx 460 alongside with a psu upgrade.

 

[Mbernardo]

Best answer selected by Mbernardo.

 

[Mbernardo]

First limitation is power 650w is pushing considering a stock gtx 460 768mb version tops out at 150w stock and around the same give or take for the se. The second problem is that the se will not enable sli with your existing card unless bios flash with an edited rom but since fermi cards are hard to flash and editor tools are hard to find it is not worth the effort.

So only consider sli with a second 768mb version gtx 460 alongside with a psu upgrade.

Thanks Sir, for advice.

Say I wanted to upgrade my PSU, What wattage would be good enough to run SLI?

 

[nforce4max]

A rock solid 800w class unit will leave room for further upgrades.

 

[Mbernardo]

Question. what if I grab a GTX 460 768Mb SC? would that be ok to run sli? and brand doesn't matter tho right? as long as the specs are the same

 

[Maziar]

No,brands don't matter(if you need more info about SLI,have a look at the SLI/CF FAQs which you can find in my sig)

 

[Mbernardo]

thank you sir very much