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Can any two 970 GPUs be SLI'd?

bloodkil said:
Yes you can, any 970 will work with any 970.
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That's what I would have thought.

Odd article from EVGA.

EDIT: Someone on another forum said, "Since SLI is a circuit board that plugs into the graphics cards, it looks like this isn't possible because these cards are all different lengths and so the connectors don't line up correctly." Logical.
 
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Well it should work but in some cases it does not. GG Nvidia

When it happens it will simply say the bridge is not connected even though it is :p
 
If I recall correctly, Andybird123 is running a 980Ti SLI setup with the Asus Strix and the MSI Gaming 6G - Both are custom (and subsequently different) PCBs.
 
King Mustard said:
That's what I would have thought.

Odd article from EVGA.

EDIT: Someone on another forum said, "Since SLI is a circuit board that plugs into the graphics cards, it looks like this isn't possible because these cards are all different lengths and so the connectors don't line up correctly." Logical.
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My flexible 2 way SLI bridge says different.:D
 
King Mustard said:
That's what I would have thought.

Odd article from EVGA.

EDIT: Someone on another forum said, "Since SLI is a circuit board that plugs into the graphics cards, it looks like this isn't possible because these cards are all different lengths and so the connectors don't line up correctly." Logical.
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Someone's talking rubbish. SLI isn't a circuit board.
Andi.
 
Hi, usually you are right and if the cards have the same ammount of RAM and the same GPU SLI should work. In this case it is different with some of our cards because the layout is so much different that this is causing issues in SLI. If you have two of the cards that do not SLI well together just contact us and we will get you two matching cards via RMA.
 
Cooper said:
Urrrgh!! two different cards.

...untidy, no symmetry OCD alert!!!!
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When I bought 2 matching MSI 970s and then SLI'd them I quickly realised the OCD was adding 10 DegC to card playing piggy in the middle! A reference card would probably have worked a bit better there.
 
bimbleuk said:
When I bought 2 matching MSI 970s and then SLI'd them I quickly realised the OCD was adding 10 DegC to card playing piggy in the middle! A reference card would probably have worked a bit better there.
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Well that would have more to do with your case and its airflow than the cards.

My two Asus 970's run within 2c of each other at idle and never more (that I've seen) 5c at high load during gaming.
 
Having had two Asus GTX580 Direct CuII's (3 slot cards) in SLI, I'm now glad I've swapped the second for a 2 slot EVGA 580, my temps have dropped significantly.

Both work happily together, especially now they can breathe! :D
 
We do recommend at least 650W Gold PSU for 970 SLI with a basic system. If you have more stuff added like a fortune of HDDs or whatever of course then a bigger one.
 
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