you can build it like a plain old regular system. Although, I would compare 1 video to buying a porche and going 25mph all the time.
joe
never buy two cards and put them in sli at the same time, buy one at a time. i like to think of sli as a upgrade not something you start out with
[-0MEGA-];554405 said:I have an SLI motherboard and I honestly think it's stupid.
Most people buy a decent card and say "i'll just buy another one later on", but when they want a better card, it turns out that for not much more money you can buy a single card thats better then both of your cards in SLI, and then you start over again.
What is the point? If you only have 1 video card, then you have a regular computer that can be "SLI" if you choose to upgrade.
Even if you dont plan on using two video cards, with an SLI motherboard you have at least 2 PCI-E x16 slots, which could be used for things such as physics processors in the future.So here's the question to all that believe 1 video card is acceptable in a SLI system.
What is the point? If you only have 1 video card, then you have a regular computer that can be "SLI" if you choose to upgrade.
Oh and by the way, in reference to the function that SLI serves. SLI helps your computer improve graphic performance. If you only have 1 video card, all you have is a SLI compatible system.
joe