multi diffrent gpus.

[pell]

ok i know you can`t use two diffrent gpus. so when i say that two diffrent chips diffrently ( so 980, 390x, titan x, fury z, ect). my question is can you use two of the same chips ( like two 970`s) but they are diffrent non refrence cards. So for example can you run a gigabyte g1 gaming 980 with a evga sc. if they both have the same vram maybe diffrent clock speed but i hope you get the point. also is this limited to nivida or amd or can both be used like this. im not planning on doing this but its a question i have had, because what if you had a graphics card with a i/o that you didnt like so you just sli/crossfired a card that had the i/o you liked.

[Mao_Zedong]

I think that it can work, but would be pointless. Having two different cards would looks weird, and wouldn't perform any better. It would be limited to the speed of the worse card, so there's no reason to get a higher card later.

[clockblocker]

yes, you can, and it can often be the best option. (for example, I bought an evga 780 superclocked when it was first released, and they're now more expensive on ebay than 780s from a lot of other manufacturers, so when I bought a used 780 to sli with a month ago I bought a used gigabyte 780 for $250, rather than a $350 evga. Slis just fine, and since my case doesn't have a window, who cares. Still runs planetside2 on ultra in 2.5k at 130fps.