SLI motherboard question
Private_Snoball
Dover AFB, DE, USA
Hello there,
I will be upgrading my mobo and CPU shortly and was curious about the SLI technology. as of an upgrade I will have 1 x800xt video card. I have only seen Nvidia cards, and was curious if ATI is supports dual Video Card Technology.
My other question is do you have to use 2 Cards with an SLI card or can you use 1 and then upgrade later and put the other one on?
Sorry for the seemingly basic questions, I just want to make sure I have all the facts straight.
Peace,
Alex
I will be upgrading my mobo and CPU shortly and was curious about the SLI technology. as of an upgrade I will have 1 x800xt video card. I have only seen Nvidia cards, and was curious if ATI is supports dual Video Card Technology.
My other question is do you have to use 2 Cards with an SLI card or can you use 1 and then upgrade later and put the other one on?
Sorry for the seemingly basic questions, I just want to make sure I have all the facts straight.
Peace,
Alex
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No big deal.. The 6800GT is better than the x800xt anyhow.
Any SLI board can be used with only one card though so you won't have to buy 2 at the same time.
I'd say, get a SLI board and one 6800 Ultra if you got the funds for it and add another in 6 months when the prices drops a little. However, two 6800 cards needs the beafiest psu you can find. Not even 600W monsters or Power PC & Cooling PSU's handles it. You actually might have to use 2 psu's to be absolutely sure of stability. The technology is still young though and may/must improve if SLI are going to work properly.