motherboard requirements for dual 8800GTs

[krlcon]

Hello all,

I have a friend with a bad motherboard. He was using an EVGA NFroce 590 SLI motherboard with dual 8800 GTX cards bridged with an SLI connector across the top and was using them for a 4 monitor setup in a business PC. I am not a gamer and am not familiar with SLI or multiple card setups.

My question is: Do I need to buy an SLI enabled motherboard, or can I go with a standard motherboard. From what I have read he is not really utilizing SLI and I don't think he needs to run SLI. Can a standard board accommodate those two cards to run 3+ monitors with out SLI? Can anyone help me out with this - I am technical, just not about this.

Thanks,
Ken

 

[GotNoRice]

Two videocards in a system isn't SLI, SLI is when they are working together for graphics acceleration.

Any motherboard will work fine, as long as it has the slots you need.

 

[exar333]

Two videocards in a system isn't SLI, SLI is when they are working together for graphics acceleration.

Any motherboard will work fine, as long as it has the slots you need.

Not true. Almost all new boards are SLI/CF ready, but not older ones. OP's Q6600 build, for example, might be CF only.