EVGA GeForce GTX 260

[Kesz]

Hello,

Not too long ago I brought a EVGA GeForce GTX 260 "Core 216 55nm" SSC 896MB GDDR3 TV-OutDual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (896-P3-1258-AR)

Recently I've been looking at getting another for SLi. Though, up till now OC didn't seem to have any stock, well, now they seem to be back and I was curious to know if this; http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-081-EA is what I already have? The only difference I see is the EA.

Also, I've never done SLi before(newb), currently I am using a Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard. I'm pretty sure I read that it can do it. And do I need one of those bridge chips to place on top of the two cards?

Thanks for any info.

 

[Rroff]

For best performance you will need the SLI bridge between the cards... you can run without but performance will be reduced a bit.

Within reason you can use any 260GTX with the card you already have - doesn't have to be EVGA even - but the SSC does run quite high clocks so unless you know the card can do that or are prepared to clock down it might be worth getting another SSC.

 

[fizzle-187]

SLI bridges usually comes with the motherboard.