SLI question

[nanaki333]

I currently have an evga 8800GTX in my machine. I have an extra 320MB 8800 GTS that I still haven't opened and was wondering if I could run that in an sli with the GTX? Or does it have to be a GTX matched with a GTX?

 

[abast]

I believe they still have to be the same GPU. So a GTX and a GTS won't work.

 

[nanaki333]

damnit! aren't you able to do that with crossfire though? guess i may have to sell the GTS and grab another GTX for myself.

 

[abast]

Yes I think you can with crossfire. But the main card drops down to match the level of the weaker card.

 

[aka1nas]

Originally posted by: abast
Yes I think you can with crossfire. But the main card drops down to match the level of the weaker card.

I'm pretty sure you can only match models with different clockspeeds and maybe memory quantities. I don't think you can mix cards with different amounts of functional units, especially if they are different chips.