SLI unstable?

[athix]

I wonder if SLI supported Mobo's are stable or is it not a good idea to buy one of those. Is it better to stick with the old style with just one great graphic card?
What's your opinion?

 

[MobiusPizza]

It's not a mobo business. You stick a single graphic card in SLI mobo it would be still stable.

SLI might cause instability on older games. Generally SLI platforms runs all games; albeit some games might not achieve performance boost or even some performance degrades.

It depends on your budget and what you want really.
I would recommend getting single graphic card cause
i) less hassle
ii) cheaper
iii) performance gain only available for a exhausive list of supported games. Average performance boost 50-60%
iv) Much less power consumption
v) less noise
Only go for SLI if single SLI can't satisfy your need and you are aiming for the top. E.g. A Mid-end SLI setup like 2*6600GT can be easily beaten by a single GeForce 6800GT or X800XL; so doesn't worth it at all.
Otherwise definitely a no for me

 

[SVT Cobra]

Welcome to AT

SLI boards are stable whether you run either one or two cards...and any instability is from the drivers not the hardware(which is pretty much worked out by now and rock solid, albeit a few old games, everything will run fine)

If you are not a heavy gamer i recomend and Nforce 4 ultra board, or even to save some money an nforce 3 ultra board, it all depends on if you are going PCI-E or not...

Gigabyte makes some very solid feature laden boards if you are not planning to OC...