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How-To Geek Forums Topic: hardware problem http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: hardware problem en Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:54:27 +0000 computernerd on "hardware problem" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/hardware-problem#post-24383 Wed, 14 May 2008 23:24:47 +0000 computernerd 24383@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Xp and vista Budohorseman on "hardware problem" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/hardware-problem#post-24259 Wed, 14 May 2008 02:46:18 +0000 Budohorseman 24259@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ thanks for the clarification Scott, much appreciated (and what can I say, I've got a crossfire setup lol). jack7h3r1pp3r on "hardware problem" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/hardware-problem#post-24257 Wed, 14 May 2008 02:42:41 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 24257@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ ok so i stand corrected then ScottW on "hardware problem" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/hardware-problem#post-24248 Wed, 14 May 2008 00:14:29 +0000 ScottW 24248@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Call me crazy, but I think NVidia has the answers about SLI: <a href='http://www.slizone.com/page/slizone_learn.html'>http://www.slizone.com/page/slizone_learn.html</a> From the FAQ there, "SLI technology requires the NVIDIA GPUs to match". Also they have lists of certified cards, power supplies, and motherboards that support SLI. They also have "Hybrid SLI" where a GPU integrated on the motherboard can be paired with a discrete graphics card: <a href='http://www.nvidia.com/object/hybrid_sli.html'>http://www.nvidia.com/object/hybrid_sli.html</a> Budohorseman on "hardware problem" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/hardware-problem#post-24224 Tue, 13 May 2008 21:57:55 +0000 Budohorseman 24224@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ I know when they first came out (both sli and crossfire) that you needed identical cards. I know that ATI crossfire can be hybrid, I really don't follow the SLI much myself, but the system will take a performance hit, usually will not get the top speed of the fast card (not sure but it may get reduced to the speed of the slowest card). jack7h3r1pp3r on "hardware problem" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/hardware-problem#post-24223 Tue, 13 May 2008 21:51:36 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 24223@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ i think that any cards that have sli you can put them together and should work. but not totally sure on it. Budohorseman on "hardware problem" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/hardware-problem#post-24221 Tue, 13 May 2008 21:50:10 +0000 Budohorseman 24221@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ I'm pretty sure you need to have the same GPU's to get SLI to work, but it has been awhile since I've looked into that. A list of newer SLI boards can be found here <a href='http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010200280&page=1&srchInDesc=sli&bop=And&Pagesize=50'>http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010200280&page=1&srchInDesc=sli&bop=And&Pagesize=50</a> . You will want to check the performance of SLI to see the rates they will run. Anandtech.com has some good motherboard reviews so they should be able to give you an idea as to what to look for. EDIT: Most onboard sound is pretty good nowadays, especially on the gamer boards, and give you HD 7.1 surround sound. jack7h3r1pp3r on "hardware problem" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/hardware-problem#post-24218 Tue, 13 May 2008 21:47:00 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 24218@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ this might be what you are looking for here: <a href='http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3747289&CatId=2406'>http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3747289&CatId=2406</a> jack7h3r1pp3r on "hardware problem" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/hardware-problem#post-24217 Tue, 13 May 2008 21:41:06 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 24217@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ what os do you want this to run on computernerd on "hardware problem" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/hardware-problem#post-24216 Tue, 13 May 2008 21:34:39 +0000 computernerd 24216@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ I want to create a computer that has a Nvdia geforce 9800 Gx2 graphics card with a geforce 8800GT (SLI) I want a Intel core two extreme QX9770 and 4 gigs of ram, but I don't know what motherboard to get and what soundcard to get. any ideas?