SLi general use Q

[Erik in sac]

I am in the process of building a fairly decent gaming rig, but I also use my computer for cad and photoshop quite a bit. My question is, does an sli setup suck for normal 2d stuff and programs like P.S. and cad? Or does it work just fine and normal, which would be sweet.

If it doesnt work as well as a single card setup, I may just get rid of one of the 7800gt's I just bought

 

[ta8689]

Hah...ill take the 7800 gt off of ya... what brand?

 

[jlambvo]

If you aren't running something SLI capable, it simply functions as if you have one card. If this is not the case, I've never noticed a difference in performance or stability.

 

[imported_Tick]

Well, you can run each monitor of a dual monitor setup of a different card, thereby allowing each monitor a full cards resources.

 

[Erik in sac]

sweet, good to know. Thanks guys.

 

[Kyanzes]

NVIDIA SLI is way the best solution for you. You must believe me. I know how things work. And trust me, no one pays me for saying that NVIDIA is the ultimate brand nowadays... )))))

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: Kyanzes
NVIDIA SLI is way the best solution for you. You must believe me. I know how things work. And trust me, no one pays me for saying that NVIDIA is the ultimate brand nowadays... )))))

SHILL!!!!

 

[Bobthelost]

I doubt you'd get any decrease in most CAD stuff, which is CPU / RAM based anyway, for rendering 3d you might see a performance increase but it doesn't look like you do that.

Shouldn't hurt you at all.