Just wanted to check

[The_Strict_Nein]

An SLI Bridge from today will work with 8500 GT right? It seems obvious it would, but I'd hate to waste the money if it didn't

[Cryptonite]

An SLI Bridge from today will work with 8500 GT right? It seems obvious it would, but I'd hate to waste the money if it didn't

first question being why would you want to SLI 8500 GT's?

[The_Strict_Nein]

first question being why would you want to SLI 8500 GT's?

 

Meh. They're like a tenner on ebay, and the system I'm building right now will replace the family PC, which has a 8500 GT in it. So I figured, well why the hell not?

[Cryptonite]

Meh. They're like a tenner on ebay, and the system I'm building right now will replace the family PC, which has a 8500 GT in it. So I figured, well why the hell not?

it'll work, but will your family pc even have a motherboard capable of SLI? if it's windows based those motherboards are rather expensive. Also buying a GT 610 is an easier solution, especially if you have kids and need to run dx 11 games even if you have to tone the settings down at least it'll be playable in comparison.

[The_Strict_Nein]

it'll work, but will your family pc even have a motherboard capable of SLI? if it's windows based those motherboards are rather expensive.Also buying a GT 610 is an easier solution, especially if you have kids and need to run dx 11 games even if you have to tone the settings down at least it'll be playable in comparison.

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/139285-woop-just-got-some-retro-motherboards/

 

I got these motherboards, which all support SLI according to the specs. I'll probably get a modern GTX 500/600 series card to go with a Core2Quad, but I'd like to have some fun overclocking some old cards

 

I am the 'young person' of the house at 18, and the only hardware savvy person among us. No-one else in my family plays games, but this whole week I've been scouring ebay for older parts, with an aim to replace the POS HP OEM crapola machine. I've already got a 212 Evo for £20 and a CX500 for £30. Most expensive part of this whole thing will probably be a case. If I can get a Core 2 Quad for ~£25 (and I am possibly getting one for 99p on a local pickup machine) then I'll be able to build a rig capable of playing some decent 3D games will still being cheap as hell.

[Cryptonite]

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/139285-woop-just-got-some-retro-motherboards/

 

I got these motherboards, which all support SLI according to the specs. I'll probably get a modern GTX 500/600 series card to go with a Core2Quad, but I'd like to have some fun overclocking some old cards

oh wow, lucky you mate, yea a new SLI bridge should work fine on 2x 8500s if you really want to mess with them haha, I only have 2x socket 775 boards with me, one supports ddr3 ram (however it seems dead) and the other DDR 2 and they are both just your basic gigabyte boards.