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Hi everyone

I was wondering what opinion do people have on which GPU to get for my second card. I have decided that I want to SLI and I already have the 980 classified by EVGA but I'm unsure what to get for the second card. I was thinking a 980ti, if that is possible to put them in SLI.

If it can got be put into SLI then I'm really interested to know what 980ti GPU people recommend and what they have done.

My system is a Corsair 900D (air cooled apart from AIO CPU) with positive pressure. I have the Maximus Hero VII motherboard. My airflow is all intake, with one exhurst out the rear of the case. I have 5 cooler master fans and the rest all being Noctua Industrial PPC fans at 3000 RPM. The total number of fans I have is 13.

Thank to everyone who has taken the time to read this and I look forward to seeing your recommendations.

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You cant sli them. Different gpu all together. Same name. 

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remember 980's will only work with 980's not the Ti, you'd need another 980 preferably another Classified. always go for the single most powerful GPU option available 

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You can only SLI the same card.

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To SLI you need the SAME card with the SAME amount of vram.

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To SLI you need the SAME card with the SAME amount of vram.

No need for same vram just it will be cut back and unused. Yes same card but not same brand

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No need for same vram just it will be cut back and unused. Yes same card but not same brand

No, SLI need to have the same vram, CF can do with different vram.

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Hi everyone thanks for all the replies really appreciated! Its good to know you need the same card. I always thought you could SLI two NVIDA or AMD cards if they were the same architecture, such as Maxwell. Sorry if that is a silly thought. 

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Hi everyone thanks for all the replies really appreciated! Its good to know you need the same card. I always thought you could SLI two NVIDA or AMD cards if they were the same architecture, such as Maxwell. Sorry if that is a silly thought. 

You can crossfire amd cards of the same architecture, like a 7850 and a 7870, but sli doesn't let you. 

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I was wondering what opinion do people have on which GPU to get for my second card. I already have the 980

 

What can I SLI?

 
You:
CAN use mismatched cards if you are driving a second or third monitor from the extra card. I believe this does not even need a SLI bridge.
CAN use mismatched cards if you are driving PhysX on the second card.
CAN use the same cards in non-performance-boosting mode (driving extra monitors) to do triple monitor gaming.
CAN use cards with different core clock speeds in SLI without one card being slowed to match the other.
CAN use cards with different memory clock speeds in SLI without one card being slowed to match the other.
CAN use cards from different manufacturers as long as their specs are the same (I.E. "MSI GTX 780 lightning" + "Gigabyte GTX 780 Windforce" will work).
CAN use cards with different forms of cooling in SLI (reference cooler + non-reference cooler).
 
MAYBE can use mismatched cards driving extra monitors for triple monitor gaming (I do not know, so I am leaving it as a maybe. ANYBODY who can test and let me know, please do.)
MAYBE can use mismatched cards to force higher levels of CSAA (like 64x CSAA) on games. As above, I cannot test it.
 
CANNOT use mismatched cards in performance boosting mode.
CANNOT use cards with different cores even if the same name (GK104 GTX 660 (OEM) + GK106 GTX 660 will fail).
CANNOT use cards with different vRAM sizes even if the name and core is the same (GTX 770 4GB + GTX 770 2GB will fail).
CANNOT use cards with different memory bus width even if the same name and core is the same (GTX 760 192-bit (OEM) + GTX 760 256-bit will fail).
CANNOT use cards that do not support SLI technology (most GT-series cards, and the GTX 750 Ti do not support SLI)

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No need for same vram just it will be cut back and unused. Yes same card but not same brand

You now need the same amount of VRAM before the DRIVERS allow you to enable SLi. NVidia has now coded this requirement into the software.

Jeez...it's been nearly, or even over, 2 years now since this restriction was implemented (early 2013?).

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You now need the same amount of VRAM before the DRIVERS allow you to enable SLi. NVidia has now coded this requirement into the software.

Jeez...it's been nearly, or even over, 2 years now since this restriction was implemented (early 2013?).

I swear to meowmix, I have no idea why my SLI guide is not stickied

I have finally moved to a desktop. Also my guides are outdated as hell.

 

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