Sli/dual GPU question

[Maccat123]

Hi there guys, I've recently considered this, and I have no clue of its practicality or what not, I've never endeavored into SLI or dual GPU's, so I am new to this. 
Currently I've got myself a 650 watt, gold rated cpu running my I7 6700 And GTX 980 (Palit (Gainward?) Trio)
I was wondering what the possibility of using my old 760 I have lying around just to use as a social media card on the side so that I don't have to use the single 980 for both my games and second monitor youtube and social media. . .
I assume that this is not possible, however it can't hurt to ask

Thanks guys!  

 

My specs can be seen on my profile if you need to see them, also if this isn't possible, can you give me a general rundown of SLI compatibility and power cost, or links to where I can see this? Cheers! 

[shadowbyte]

it should be possible

you just can't sli them

but i think 2 gpus can run 2 different monitors

linus made crossfire and sli in the same pc

anything is possible

[Maccat123]

Touche, interestingly enough, that's what's sparked my interest aha. 
As said I am unsure, I assume SLI is the incorrect term, is SLI for "linking" the two cards together, vs using 2, independent cards for different things? 
 

[Virtual01]

You can do it, but your cards wont be running in SLI. SLI only works for two cards of the same model number meaning you'd need another 980 to use it. AMD's crossfire has more lenient rules but for the most part you need 2 of the same GPU.

 

In your case just plug your second monitor into your 760 and you're good to go.

[Curufinwe_wins]

9 minutes ago, The Lolikiller said:

Hi there guys, I've recently considered this, and I have no clue of its practicality or what not, I've never endeavored into SLI or dual GPU's, so I am new to this. 
Currently I've got myself a 650 watt, gold rated cpu running my I7 6700 And GTX 980 (Palit (Gainward?) Trio)
I was wondering what the possibility of using my old 760 I have lying around just to use as a social media card on the side so that I don't have to use the single 980 for both my games and second monitor youtube and social media. . .
I assume that this is not possible, however it can't hurt to ask

Thanks guys!  

 

My specs can be seen on my profile if you need to see them, also if this isn't possible, can you give me a general rundown of SLI compatibility and power cost, or links to where I can see this? Cheers! 

You can, but there isn't any reason to since the 980 will be more efficient anyways and running a second non-active monitor on the side isn't going to notably impact the 980.

 

All you will do is increase heat and power consumption

[Dash Lambda]

Adding a second card to take the secondary display load off your primary GPU is like emptying your glove compartment so your car can go faster.

[Maccat123]

It was more a speculation and expanding my knowledge on dual gpus and sli if anything, I doubt I will, my rigs comfortable enough for a few years minus a decent ssd, but it's always nice to know it works isn't it, cheers guys.