Non SLi to SLi?

**The_Other_One** · 01-22-2006, 10:08 PM

I guess this would go under mobo's... I read of some people converting non SLI motherboards to SLI... How exactly is this done? I know the chipset must support SLI, then I read people used the cards in the slower PCIe slots. They just needed to possibly convert the slot and have a bridge. So how does this work exactly? What's the performace like when compared to a standard SLI board? Are there any guides? I have no plans to try this, but it just sounds interesting and would like to see some stuff about it

**jancz3rt** · 01-22-2006, 10:19 PM

I have seen a Ultra-D from DFI turned into a fully functional SLI board. It involved connecting a bridge on the Nforce4 Ultra chipset which made it an SLI chipset. Have a search for that. Remember that the SLI connector connecting the two cards is not needed in order to have SLI work. The Ultra-D does have 2 PCI-Express x16 slots ...

Search the forums... I have already posted a link to the guide.

JAN

[-0MEGA-] · 01-22-2006, 10:22 PM

Are you saying that they found a way to get a video card in a PCI-E x1 or x4 slot?

**jancz3rt** · 01-22-2006, 10:23 PM

Here are some links to the SLI mod.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ultra-d+sli+mod

THE BEST LINK OF ALL - http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=2322&p=7

JAN

**The_Other_One** · 01-22-2006, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geoff5093

Are you saying that they found a way to get a video card in a PCI-E x1 or x4 slot?

I've not read if it was posted in the links provided, but I heard it was possible... Or that someone heard it was possible

Back in the day, you could use most 16bit ISA VGA cards in 8bit ISA slots

**Praetor** · 01-23-2006, 08:57 AM

Yes it's doable, but of course, forking out extra several hundred bucks for a new videocard when a few months down the road, that samr amount of money could have got you a videocard that outdoes your SLI.... not to mention, down the road your CPU will be more of a bottleneck ... and to upgrade that would mean a different mobo in most cases...

**The_Other_One** · 01-23-2006, 04:19 PM

I totally agree with you there. I don't care to do SLI, but I read something about this when trying to research some motherboards and just found it interesting.

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jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 4,009	Heya I have seen a Ultra-D from DFI turned into a fully functional SLI board. It involved connecting a bridge on the Nforce4 Ultra chipset which made it an SLI chipset. Have a search for that. Remember that the SLI connector connecting the two cards is not needed in order to have SLI work. The Ultra-D does have 2 PCI-Express x16 slots ... Search the forums... I have already posted a link to the guide. JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358

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01-22-2006, 10:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 4,009	Heya Here are some links to the SLI mod. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ultra-d+sli+mod THE BEST LINK OF ALL - http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=2322&p=7 JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358 Last edited by jancz3rt; 01-22-2006 at 10:31 PM.

01-23-2006, 08:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	Yes it's doable, but of course, forking out extra several hundred bucks for a new videocard when a few months down the road, that samr amount of money could have got you a videocard that outdoes your SLI.... not to mention, down the road your CPU will be more of a bottleneck ... and to upgrade that would mean a different mobo in most cases... __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

01-23-2006, 04:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 24 Posts: 12,368	I totally agree with you there. I don't care to do SLI, but I read something about this when trying to research some motherboards and just found it interesting. __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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