SLI Pairing

[Shivago]

Hello,

I have a rather noob question(s) regarding SLI. I have recently acquired a couple of new(to me) vid cards. A Zotac GTX 570 1280 MB and an EVGA GTX 560 / 2048 MB. Can these two cards run in SLI? If they cant which card do I want to go with to create SLI for myself? If at all relevant I also have EVGA 460GTX 2048MB. If there is any other info I can give that will help please let me know

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[mocchan]

No, you can't SLI those two cards. With Nvidia, you can't mismatch GPU's like AMD/ATI.

You MUST have an IDENTICAL card for an SLI configuration. It would also be better if you have the same amount of memory on your cards as well

 

[photonboy]

"Can I mix and match graphics cards that have different GPUs?

No. For example, an XXXGT cannot be paired with a XXXGTX in an SLI configuration."

That's from the NVIDIA site (SLI FAQ).

*The only way to use BOTH of those cards is to use the 570 as the main card and designate the 560 as a PhysX card.

It would make a huge difference for PhysX games, especially the upcoming Borderlands 2.

 

[Embra]

570 is a good card, if you are playing 1080p you should have good play. List your spec if you are interested in sli suggestions.

 

[DeusAres]

No, you can't SLI those two cards. With Nvidia, you can't mismatch GPU's like AMD/ATI.

You MUST have an IDENTICAL card for an SLI configuration. It would also be better if you have the same amount of memory on your cards as well

Not necessarily identical, they just need to have the same gpu. For example, the msi gtx 570 can be run in SLI with a galaxy gtx 570.

 

[paddys09]

Keep the 570 and use the 560 as a dedicated physX card......

or sell it on and put the money towards another 570

 

[Shivago]

570 is a good card, if you are playing 1080p you should have good play. List your spec if you are interested in sli suggestions.

this is my current spec: yes my res is set to 1920-1080(1080p)
AMD 8120 FX
Sabertooth 990FX
Zotac GTX 570/1280MB
or
EVGA GTX 560/2048MB
RX-850AE PSU
Patriot Viper 1866mhz 16GB(4x4)
Hitachi sata 7200rpm 2TB
Corsair 90GB SSD
Corsair Vengence1500 Headset(audio driver)
Asus Blu-Ray 12x
Windows 7 professional(32)

thanks VERY much for any and all help

 

[HEXiT]

if you have an sli board your cards wont run in sli, but the faster 1 can be used for gfx while the slower 1 can become a dedicated physx card. so yeah you can use em both just not in the way you hoped.

 

[Shivago]

sorry for keeping post open so long. i went with aand bought a second 560GTX have them running in SLI loving it. my question has morphed a little bit now my question is can I use the 570 in my 3rd spot and dedicate it as a physix card? so I will have SLI'd GTX560's (EVGA) and a GTX570 as a dedicated physix card? possible?


Again thank you very much for all your responses.

 

[Mousemonkey]

sorry for keeping post open so long. i went with aand bought a second 560GTX have them running in SLI loving it. my question has morphed a little bit now my question is can I use the 570 in my 3rd spot and dedicate it as a physix card? so I will have SLI'd GTX560's (EVGA) and a GTX570 as a dedicated physix card? possible?


Again thank you very much for all your responses.

Yes.