SLI Question

[Jim Padgett 11]

I have a 325 Mb 8800 GTS card.. if I add another one for SLI would that equate to having 640 MB of video memory.. since each card is only drawing 1/2 the screen?Can I run 2 monitors in SLI mode ?

[planenut 19]

Hi,I don't know a lot about SLI but from what I have read about it is that you cannot use 2 monitors in SLI mode. A good place to find out about SLI is www.slizone.com. A lot of SLI info there.Jim

[Jim Padgett 11]

Thanks for the info... I was most concerned if the memory would be doubled.. I'll take a look.

[Guest Wurtzlander]

No, the memory will not be doubled. Each card must store every texture on its own memory, needs a frame buffer on its own memory, etc... There is no way for a GPU to access the memory on the other card.

[Guest jahman]

If you can run one monitor you can always run three.See the Matrox TripleHead2Go: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/prod...igital/home.phpCheers,jahman.

[G7USL 117]

No, you cannot run two monitors in SLI. The dodge is to buy and fit another card for the second monitor.You could of course 'disable' it to run the second monitor.

[Guest ziporama]

Note that generally speaking, and from my own experience, FSX runs slower in SLI than it does on a single card. You would likely more benefit from running two monitors in non-sli mode rather than 1 monitor in sli mode.Cheers,Etienne

[G7USL 117]

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=6269