Can You Run Nvidia Dual Graphics Without SLI?

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Processors
Socket 939 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Manchester(2.4 GHz , 1 MB L2 Cache)
Motherboards
Socket 939 Epox EP-9U1697 GLIRev. 0.2 BIOS: 06/04/2007Chipset: ULi M1697
Socket 939 Abit AN8 32XRev. 1.0 BIOS: 03/29/06Chipset: Nivida Nforce 4 SLI x16
Memory
DDR400 2x 512 MB - DDR400 - (200 MHz)OCZ PC3200 512 MB El Dual Channel Platinum Rev 2(CL 2.0-2-2-5 1T)
Common Hardware
Graphics Card (PCIe) Asus 7800 GT (EN7800GT/2DHTV/256M/OSP/A)GPU: GeForce 7800 GT(400 MHz)Memory: 256 MB GDDR3 (1000 MHz)
Hard Drive I Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AD150 GB, 8 MB Cache, 10,000 RPM
Hard Drive II Western Digital Caviar WD1600160 GB, 16 MB Cache, 7,200 RPM
DVD-ROM Gigabyte GO-D1600C (16x)
Software
Nvidia nForce 4 x16 Forceware 6.85
ULi Chipset Integrated Driver 2.12
Nvidia Graphic Detonator 81.98
DirectX Version: 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
OS Windows XP, Build 2600 SP2
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  • Though this is an old article i felt completed to comment. Having to pay royalties on a motherboard is obsceen. The obvious choice of where to place an additional SLI or Crossfire tax is on the graphics card itself. In that way, you choose which way to go when you buy your graphics card and if that multigpu tax is gpu card based, you pay appropriately as you increace the number of gpus in your system. To place a multigpu tax on the motherboard itself and then screw you end consumers by artificially limiting it yo AMD or Intel or in some other non competative way via is just a scam foisted on us all. SLI and Crossfire motherboard certification is just a marketing scam. Set up the SLI and Crossfire specs in an open way (as part of PCIe spec) and be done with it. If manufacturers stuff up their implementation, well they will loose business and this is how it should be.

    As is, both crossfire and SLI motherboard certification is a money grab.
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