Sli Question:

Exploded_Monitor · 03-11-2005, 05:04 AM

Is it possible to buy an SLI Motherboard, and not run 2 video cards(I need to save up lol..)
Thanks for helping a computer newbie.

mgoldb2 · 03-11-2005, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Exploded_Monitor

Is it possible to buy an SLI Motherboard, and not run 2 video cards(I need to save up lol..)
Thanks for helping a computer newbie.

Yes it will run fine with just one video card in it

Charchris · 03-11-2005, 11:16 AM

Yes it will run one but when you need two it will run two

**Praetor** · 03-12-2005, 04:14 AM

Without much difficulty you can buy a NF4U board and have it modded to a NF4SLI

Livzz · 03-14-2005, 04:02 PM

What is SLI? does that mean it can handle 2 video cards??? whats the point in that? you only use one screen at a time...
i am very confused!

mgoldb2 · 03-14-2005, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Livzz

What is SLI? does that mean it can handle 2 video cards??? whats the point in that? you only use one screen at a time...
i am very confused!

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Scanline Interleave is a mode in which two Pixelfx are connected and render in alternate turns, one handling odd, the other handling even scanlines of the actual output. Each Pixelfx stores only half of the image and half of the depth buffer data in its own local framebuffer, effectively doubling the number of pixels.

In otherwise it greatly increases the performance in video games by each video card only having to do half the work it used to.

Also it quite possiable for a computer to have 2 screens but that not the point of SLI.

**Cromewell** · 03-14-2005, 06:40 PM

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In otherwise it greatly increases the performance in video games by each video card only having to do half the work it used to.

To a point, it also increases the load on the CPU so unless you're playing a graphically heavy game that is light on the CPU with graphically heavy settings (ie. 8xAA + 16xAF) there isn't much advantage

JasonYu · 03-15-2005, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Exploded_Monitor

Is it possible to buy an SLI Motherboard, and not run 2 video cards(I need to save up lol..)
Thanks for helping a computer newbie.

There is a card for u to set use dual PCI-Express 8X or PCI-Express 16X. SLI techology change a PCI-Express 16X to dual PCI-Express 8X. When u just use one display card, u use the card to set the motherboard using PCI-Express 16X. When u use SLI, u must set the card to use dual PCI-Express 8X.

Blue · 03-15-2005, 06:24 PM

Yes there really is not much advantage using SLI when it comes to the higher end cards anyway but you can always use 2 lower end vid cards (saving little though) and have it perform "Closer" to a higher end video card. Sli has it's advantages but not really necessary as I say if you purchase a high end videocard at which point it becomes way too expensive.

mgoldb2 · 03-15-2005, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Cromewell

To a point, it also increases the load on the CPU so unless you're playing a graphically heavy game that is light on the CPU with graphically heavy settings (ie. 8xAA + 16xAF) there isn't much advantage

Well you would hope if the person spent the money to buy two graphic cards that he would be planning on playing it 1600X1200 with 8XAA and 16Xaf or something close to that otherwise he wasted his money.

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Charchris New Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 14	Yes it will run one but when you need two it will run two

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