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no, you have to have the same GPU + Vram I think. Cross fire is much more flexible. 

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Nope, need same GPU with the same Vram

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As said earlier, no.

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Nope.

 

SLI only works with cards of the same model, such as a GTX 970 and a GTX 970, or GTX 980 and a GTX 980, whereas a GTX 970 and a GTX 980 would NOT work.

The VRAM amounts also have to be the same, so a 4GB GTX 760 would not be able to be SLI'd with a 2GB GTX 760.

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Nope.

 

SLI only works with cards of the same model, such as a GTX 970 and a GTX 970, or GTX 980 and a GTX 980, whereas a GTX 970 and a GTX 980 would NOT work.

The VRAM amounts also have to be the same, so a 4GB GTX 760 would not be able to be SLI'd with a 2GB GTX 760.

VRAM does not need to be the same. it will sync to the lower of the two.

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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here have vids

 

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lol why 260 that is like a dinosaur 

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VRAM does not need to be the same. it will sync to the lower of the two.

 

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VRAM does not need to be the same. it will sync to the lower of the two.

 

It does have to be the same, linus has said so himself.

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It does have to be the same, linus has said so himself.

i have seen people have ismatched VRAM sizes before and successfully SLI.

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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i have seen people have ismatched VRAM sizes before and successfully SLI.

I'm gonna point you here:

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screw it. DX12 with win10 should fix SLI to the way it was born to be.

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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With SLI you must have the SAME card.You can say choost

MSI GTX 970 with a GIGABYTE 970 but it has to be a 970 with same amount of V-Ram

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