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2016/01/31 15:41:00 (permalink)
I was just wondering. I have a 980ti and I have read a couple posts that people are running 2 cards but both are different. I also have a gtx 760. Can I run both cards or did I read this wrong.


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    Re: Running 2 cards 2016/01/31 15:42:37 (permalink)
    Only if you dedicated the second card as PhysX . They won't sli together .

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    Re: Running 2 cards 2016/01/31 15:56:31 (permalink)
    bambamshere
    I was just wondering. I have a 980ti and I have read a couple posts that people are running 2 cards but both are different. I also have a gtx 760. Can I run both cards or did I read this wrong.



    Hello,
     
    as the user above has said you cannot run your two mis-matched cards together in SLI unfortunately due to the fact that they have two different GPU chips. You can however run the 760 as a dedicated physx card however I would recommend against that due to the poor performance gain.
     
    You can learn more on SLI technology here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v3HumTFfTY
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    Re: Running 2 cards 2016/02/05 07:45:18 (permalink)
    Thank you


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    Re: Running 2 cards 2016/02/05 08:01:03 (permalink)
    But if you're into folding, they will run pretty well together. I had a 970 and a 780ti folding and that config did pretty well and now I have a 980ti and a 970 folding and that config does very well . I haven't bothered with the dedicated physics card route, 980ti kicks button gaming



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    Re: Running 2 cards 2016/02/05 08:36:00 (permalink)
    Getting confused now I can't do it in sli but I can have both in there. Just not in sli right


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    Re: Running 2 cards 2016/02/05 11:12:42 (permalink)
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    Getting confused now I can't do it in sli but I can have both in there. Just not in sli right

    Correct.
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    Re: Running 2 cards 2016/02/05 12:13:27 (permalink)
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    bambamshere
    Getting confused now I can't do it in sli but I can have both in there. Just not in sli right

    Correct.


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    Re: Running 2 cards 2016/02/05 13:12:24 (permalink)
    Oh ok sounds good. Will this video on here show me how to do this and does a monitor have to be hooked up to the second card


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    Re: Running 2 cards 2016/02/06 12:06:22 (permalink)
    Why do you want to use the 780? The only reason is either PhysX or folding. PhysX doesn't help very much and I guess if you're folding then you just need to place the card in the Pc and don't attach a monitor. Boot up the PC and then you should be able to fold on both the main card and the 780.

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    Re: Running 2 cards 2016/02/07 17:43:59 (permalink)
    Actually using the 760 for PhysX will help in PhysX heavy games . Arkham series for example . I've tested with & w/o the 760 for PhysX . I have smoother gameplay & higher minimum fps using my 760 as a dedicated card . Using a resolution of 5760x1080 in surround . I have all Gameworks feature maxed out , no AA (no visual difference to me) and motion blur off (don't like it) . Borderlands 2 will also benefit from it , especially with PhysX on high . I just switched to 359.00 from 355.82 and it fixed crashing in BL2 w/PhysX at high . Got rid of my event viewer errors too . Edit : The 359.00 causes Arkham Knight to crash the pc when you launch it .
    post edited by biscuit1 - 2016/02/07 18:09:06

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