Quick question: Will 7900GT + 7600GT work in SLI?

[fuzzybabybunny]

I've currently got a 7900GT. I can get a 7600GT for a good price, and I was wondering if these will work in SLI together. They are not from the same manufacturor, and I read on wikipedia this:

Cards from two separate retail companies will work together in SLI mode, but they must be the same GPU model (i.e. G70, G73, G80, etc). The cards may have different BIOS revisions, different default clock speeds, or even different memory sizes. However, the fastest card - or the card with more memory - will run at the speed of the slower card or disable its additional memory.

So will my 7900GT run at 7600GT speeds?

 

[lobbyone]

I'm not sure if that would work out well to your liking.

 

[BassBomb]

It will not work.

G71 with G72?

 

[brianmanahan]

it will not work.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Alright. Thanks!

Kinda dissappointed though. I wish SLI would allow you to, say, add some more performance to your current rig after a while, so for example you buy a 7900GT and when that starts to get slow, instead of trying to sell it or getting rid of it altogether by writing it off, you can keep it and SLI it with a 9900GT or something, extending its usefulness.

 

[SPARTAN VI]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Alright. Thanks!

Kinda dissappointed though. I wish SLI would allow you to, say, add some more performance to your current rig after a while, so for example you buy a 7900GT and when that starts to get slow, instead of trying to sell it or getting rid of it altogether by writing it off, you can keep it and SLI it with a 9900GT or something, extending its usefulness.

I believe CrossFire will allow you to mix and match ATi cards.. if that's more your style.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

I believe CrossFire will allow you to mix and match ATi cards.. if that's more your style.

The cards have to be very similar:
http://ati.amd.com/technology/crossfire/

 

[ShockwaveVT]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Alright. Thanks!

Kinda dissappointed though. I wish SLI would allow you to, say, add some more performance to your current rig after a while, so for example you buy a 7900GT and when that starts to get slow, instead of trying to sell it or getting rid of it altogether by writing it off, you can keep it and SLI it with a 9900GT or something, extending its usefulness.

When your 7900GT gets slow, get another 7900GT (probably much cheaper by then) and enable SLI - voila! usefulness extended.