What is SLI?

[jashan17]

if the mobo is SLI Capable that means that its got 2 pce-16 slots and the write chipster for sli

Yeah, i have an SLI compatible nforce 680i mobo

 

[Bobert93]

the main thing is the motherboard sli compatible

Like an Apevia 680w PSU? (What i ordered)

i dont think thats good enough , tho i might be wrong
but the sli compatible PSUs have like 1000w

 

[Atomic Rooster]

Correct. You need two SLI compatible video cards with the same GPU such as two 8800GTs.

SLI compatible memory is just a marketing gimmick. You can use any memory that is compatible with the motherboard.


The Apevia 680W should be just fine. You need at least a 500W PSU for most SLI setups.

 

[jashan17]

the main thing is the motherboard sli compatible

i dont think thats good enough , tho i might be wrong
but the sli compatible PSUs have like 1000w

I just checked and it is SLI compatible according to tigerdirect

 

[Bobert93]

ok thats good . so all you need now is a second video card.

you might want to buy one abit later down the track if newer games like farcry 2 need better videocards you could just slip in a second one. to get better fps

what card have you orderd .

 

[jashan17]

ok thats good . so all you need now is a second video card.

you might want to buy one abit later down the track if newer games like farcry 2 need better videocards you could just slip in a second one. to get better fps

what card have you orderd .

EVGA Geforce 8600GTS 512mb

 

[_-..zKiLLA..-_]

Scalable Link Interface nobody said it yet

 

[Bobert93]

nobody new it yet lol

 

[_-..zKiLLA..-_]

really? wow i new that almost since it was invented

 

[Bobert93]

i only new wat it was since last year. well thats when i started getting into computers