Can my card support SLI?

[vijatoffee]

Currently i'm running a GTS 250 http://www.palit.biz/palit/vgapro.php?id=1254
First of all I was wondering, can my card support SLI? The website says so, but it doesn't have an SLI Connector that i can see, will that inhibit its performance? And secondly i was wondering whether the card must be the exact same card, or could i place a different gts 250 model in without any problems such as http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/16932330/Zotac-GeForce-GTS-250-ECO-Edition-1GB-PCI-Express-2-0-Graphics-Card/Product.html?_%24ja=tsid:11518%7Ccat:16932330%7Cprd:16932330 Thanks.

 

[Jedi Mind Trick]

From what I have read it is software based SLI, which seems to be slower, how much? I do not know.
Because of it being software based SLI, I would assume that you would need the second card to be the same card to SLI.

Edit: Also the Zotac you linked has an SLI connector at the top, so the Zotac probably does not use software for SLI, the one you have does.

 

[smeg4brainsuk]

I presume you don't have an SLI connector Lead? if so you can pick up one separately for a few quid because as Jedi says, that card you linked supports standard SLI

 

[vijatoffee]

No, the SLI Lead isn't an issue, but my current card says that is supports SLI but there is no place for an SLI Connector. Thanks for the help anyways, i may just upgrade to a 560ti, probably the most i can do with my budget.

 

[smeg4brainsuk]

560Ti is an excellent card, and SLI'ing that in the future will let it fight on level with every other single GPU available atm

After a bit more reading i do apologise it is indeed an SLI card but doesn't have the connector, not come across that one before

 

[vijatoffee]

Yes I thought it was quite wierd, as I thought the model that I purchased was one of the best for the model at the time, wasn't really aware of SLI things back then, so regretting it now, but I could probably still get £60 for the card from a mate, so should go towards buying an upgrade.

 

[smeg4brainsuk]

PC's are a interesting and sometimes hard lesson. I wouldn't worry about it though as 250 in SLI is around a GTX 275/285, well below a 560Ti which also boasts better engineering (power, heat, noise, etc...) and a host of extras. It will also keep up with modern games for a good while and then you can SLI it XD

Get what cash you can from it and get that 560Ti, it should blitz most of your games on high settings happily