Possible to run an 8800GT and a 9800GT in SLI?

[Corporate Thug]

Is this possible? The 9800GT is supposed to be identical to the 8800GT right? Any reason it wouldn't work?

 

[aka1nas]

You would need to flash one to match the other. The Nvidia driver uses the model string to determine if it should allow the SLI settings to be available.

 

[poohbear]

do a forum search for detailed answers as a few ppl have asked this already. but as the poster above said, u just need to flash em both to the same bios and sli will work. Google it for firsthand experiences. Cheers.

 

[exar333]

It's not the easiest thing to do, but it can be done (BIOS flash as per the responses above). There is a decent market for 8800GTs, so it might be easier to sell the card for ~$75 and buy a 9800GT for ~$85 and then SLI them for little or no net cost. Just an idea.

 

[zerogear]

BIOS flashing to different model voids your warranty

 

[Soulkeeper]

or sell them both for 75 bucks and buy a single card that would beat them in sli ...

 

[exar333]

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
or sell them both for 75 bucks and buy a single card that would beat them in sli ...

A 9800GT SLI combo is pretty much better than any sub $150 cards right now...

You could get very good performance from a GTX 260 or ATI 4870, but unless the OP uses 1900x1200 or higher resolution, the SLI is a better choice.

 

[aka1nas]

Originally posted by: ExarKun333

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
or sell them both for 75 bucks and buy a single card that would beat them in sli ...

A 9800GT SLI combo is pretty much better than any sub $150 cards right now...

You could get very good performance from a GTX 260 or ATI 4870, but unless the OP uses 1900x1200 or higher resolution, the SLI is a better choice.

Agreed, I only upgraded from my 8800GT SLI pair because I got a 24-inch LCD and was starting to hit framebuffer limitations with the 512MB cards at that resolution in a few games.

 

[Soulkeeper]

ok I won't argue