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chiv




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PostPosted: Sun, 4th Dec 2011 20:10    Post subject: YES, im considering SLI - BUT... (card/compatability Q)
yes im 90% sure ill be going SLI - for my resolution it makes sense, and i know SLI support isnt always perfect, but lets move along.

my question.

i have a normal gtx 570 - i want a second 570 - BUT i just cant find it for sale any more, all i can find are the overclocked versions.

they'd both be evga 570s, and the second one im looking at is the 570 classified.

i CAN sli a plain 570 AND an overclocked 570, right? but the overclocked 570 would be scaled back to the performance of a normal 570 in this case, yes? i shouldnt run into any problems running a normal and OC'd card in sli?

alternatively i could overclock my normal 570 to the other cards levels, to get that higher performance, right? would that be recommended?
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PostPosted: Sun, 4th Dec 2011 20:18    Post subject:
It's the bios that must match.
Overclocked cards should clock back, though i have read of recent compatibility issues. (can't remember where i read this though)


You can grab a different brand at stock clocks and that should be fine.

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PostPosted: Sun, 11th Dec 2011 05:19    Post subject:
Both your cards will go to the clock speed of the slower card. So the factory OCed card will simply just clock back like slizza said

I ran a factory OCed card with a regular one and never had any issues. I had it running for about a month. The factory OCed one just clocked back from 752Mhz to 700Mhz to match the other card


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