9800 GX2

[SolMiester]

I thought you didnt need an SLI board, but have been told differently...

Anyone in the know?

Ta

 

[Xpoc]

It will work on Non-SLI boards as well.

wired247 is using one on a X38 Chipset(which is a Crossfire board)


http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2170631&enterthread=y

 

[SolMiester]

Thanks, I didnt think you needed SLI board.

 

[Xpoc]

That's one good thing about 3870 X2 and the 9800GX2.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: SolMiester
I thought you didnt need an SLI board, but have been told differently...

Anyone in the know?

Ta

You don't need a SLi motherboard, but you do need a 8 pin plug on your PSU. (you can buy adaptors)

 

[Xpoc]

And the BFG version comes with the 8 pin adapter

 

[imported_wired247]

nVidia is careful not to mention "SLI" anywhere in their drivers for the GX2. They call it "Multi GPU mode"

I guess the term "SLI" is reserved for multi-SLOT configurations only ;P (OK to be honest, I have never used SLI so I don't know if they ever make mention of "SLI mode" in the drivers)


Even if you run GPU-Z with the GX2 it says SLI is disabled, even though it is clearly enabled (says so in drivers and crysis reports multi GPU mode as well)

Not sure if that's because GPU-Z needs to come out with an update or what.

 

[Apocalypse23]

so a pci 1.1 board will not work with a 9800gx2?

will a p35 asus board work with this card?

 

[imported_wired247]

it should work just fine with a p35 chipset, but don't take my word, ask XFX / BFG / eVGA support.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: Xpoc
And the BFG version comes with the 8 pin adapter

Yep, so do some other brands, just thought the need for it is worth mentioning.

 

[heyheybooboo]

Anybody have a link on where to buy a molex---> 2x4 PCIe adapter ??