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Name: jhunt303
Date: May 3, 2006 at 04:08:08 Pacific
OS: XP
CPU/Ram: 3500+ 64
Product: Gigabyte
Comment:

Just wondering if you can Sli different card types?

I have a 7900GT and was wondering if I could Sli it with the 6600GT it replaced and still get a performance increase?

(I'm guessing the answer is NO! btw) ;-)



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Response Number 1
Name: Nikalus
Date: May 3, 2006 at 07:44:12 Pacific
Reply:

Try it out! You never know worst thing that could happen is that you dont get a display


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Response Number 2
Name: skyfear
Date: May 3, 2006 at 08:54:13 Pacific
Reply:

Eek! Don't listen to Nikalus!

You cannot pair a 7900 GT with a 6600 GT because they are different GPUs. You can pair any cards together if they are the same series and version (e.g. 2x6800 Ultra, 2x7800 GTX). But since the 7900 and 6600 are two completely different GPUs you cannot pair them up in SLI.


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Response Number 3
Name: heroedge
Date: May 3, 2006 at 17:26:09 Pacific
Reply:

Yep the answer is no.

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
Corsair 512X4 2048mb
2X WD Raptor 74gb 10K
RAID 0
250gb WD Caviar
2X 256 6800 GT
WinXP Pro X64


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Response Number 4
Name: jhunt303
Date: May 4, 2006 at 01:33:55 Pacific
Reply:

Yeah, it's a shame, would have been nice to use my 'old' 6600GT for a bit of extra speed.

Second 7900 GT it is then (haha, not this month)


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Response Number 5
Name: heroedge
Date: May 4, 2006 at 18:10:39 Pacific
Reply:

Sell the 6600GT. Many people would like to have it. "A bit of extra speed"????? Why isn't your 7900GT good enough? Is there a new game out there can use more than the 7900GT offers?

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
Corsair 512X4 2048mb
2X WD Raptor 74gb 10K
RAID 0
250gb WD Caviar
2X 256 6800 GT
WinXP Pro X64


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Response Number 6
Name: jhunt303
Date: May 5, 2006 at 02:31:16 Pacific
Reply:

Haha, yeah, I thought the 7900GT would be good enough, then I installed Oblivion... Funny thing is I could have bought a 360 and Oblivion for less than the cost of the card. Oh well.


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Response Number 7
Name: heroedge
Date: May 5, 2006 at 18:03:38 Pacific
Reply:

And this card is not good enough for Oblivion? Even on high settings? Wow, I need to find some benchmark testing on graphics with Oblivion.
Yeah I am really into PC gaming and have not done much since the PS2 days but I might be crossing over sometime in the near future. :)

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
Corsair 512X4 2048mb
2X WD Raptor 74gb 10K
RAID 0
250gb WD Caviar
2X 256 6800 GT
WinXP Pro X64


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Response Number 8
Name: jhunt303
Date: May 8, 2006 at 02:15:41 Pacific
Reply:

Yeah, I have one of the widescreen monitors (1680*1050) and Oblivion kills it on full settings, without AA or AF...
I run at 1440 by xx on mainly Medium settings and it runs fairly smoothly...
(3500+ 1024)


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